But how do we know what to feel good about or not? It all depends on the person listening to the story. People react differently to stories than others do. We can tell that O’Brien’s story is true because his forthright tone reflects how real the events were. It shows us how he feels about the war.
Making Catch-22 the remarkable as well as groundbreaking masterpiece it is today. Catch-22 is one of Heller’s greatest works because the book consisted of satirical humor which eased the thought of war. Heller changed the way America looked at war by showing the readers another side of war that could only be seen if one had participated in a war themselves, such as WW II. He had turned the realism of war into a surrealistic masterpiece “Mr. Heller’s novel changed the formula, and in the process lifted realism to new surrealistic level” (Solomita).
Conquering trauma Coping strategies and repressed memories in Slaughterhouse five Although widely considered an anti-war novel, Slaughterhouse five seems to be a rather war-acceptance kind of novel – not so much attempting to disclaim it, but rather claiming that war just existed, and nothing could be undone. Writing a book about the traumatic experiences he went through in the Dresden bombing has been more of a therapeutic practice for Vonnegut, than a plea against war. He begins with a personal confession about how tempting, and yet impossible turned out to be to write about the destruction of Dresden, part which appears to have been added after he completed writing the novel. Vonnegut insists on the lack of memories related to his experience in the war. Moreover, his former companions during the bombing of Dresden seemed to experience the same amnesia phenomena, not being able to recount any of the events.
The poet is saying that people should not talk about war as enthusiastically as it gives the impression that war is glorious. Furthermore, he says that the idea that ’it is sweet and right’ to die for your country is entirely untrue. Through this, we are able to form the opinion that war is not okay because it is a serious thing that carries many negative consequences. In Wilfred Owen’s poem Dolce et Decorum est, the use of similes conveys the harsh reality of war on soldiers as it changes them dramatically and kills the majority of them. In the first two lines of the poem, Owen uses the similes “Bent double like old beggars under sacks, knocked kneed, coughing like hags” to paint a grim picture in readers minds of how the soldiers were.
The movie should actually be called “Saving Private Niland” because that is who and what it is based off of. The events in the movie are pretty much made up. Although things like that actually happened in the war there is no proof or documentation that those events actually occurred or led up to the “saving” of Sergeant Niland. Private James Ryan is only based off of Sergeant Frederick Niland. Also there is no mentioning of his other 3 brothers who were also in the marines.
The first person point of view can also be defective as it could limit the reader’s way of interpreting the story; the reader is restricted to the narrator’s perspective. “How to Tell a True War Story” illustrates the effects and defects of the first person narrative. “How to tell a true war story” studies the relationship between war experience and storytelling and how difficult it is to tell a true war story. This is done by telling the story in first person; half from Tim O’Brien as a soldier which may be a fictional first person narrative and half from his role as a storyteller. The first person narrative of Tim O’Brien shows how a storyteller has the power to shape his or hers listeners opinions.
This extract from the short story 'The Truth about War' deals with the ambiguity and contradictions of war; particularly focussing on the comparison between the beauty and brutality of it. O'Brien tries to convey to us through the use of compare and contrast that there is hope of peace in war. War will make you grow up due to what you have experienced. War will make you value life. O'Brien's extract conveys to the readers the contradictory feelings that war evokes in a person.
i.o Cross cultural studies The Centrality of “War” in Ernest Hemingway’s “Old Man At The Bridge” Earnest Hemingway is one of the finest writers of the early twentieth century. His seemingly simple and realistic style SOMETIMES makes the meaning of the story not immediately evident. At first encounter his short stories seem like an exchange of dialogues with very few explanations. However, there are many hidden meanings and symbols that demand the active involvement of the reader to really grasp the message of Hemingway. “Old Man at the Bridge” is one of the works that completely illustrate genuine meanings disguised in apparent simplicity.
“Is war ever justified?” The history of war is as old as the first murder.It is a heinous act which is usually performed either for defend,wealth or property.To those of us who are horrified by war, it is easy to say at once that war is never justified and will totally disagree with this topic. Nevertheless, there are some circumstances in which going to war are justified. Like the war against Jews by Palestinian, war against Indian army by Kashmiries is justified. So I totally agree with this topic that, “Is war ever justified.” First of all, we see that countries are often forced to go to war to defend themselves. A defensive war certainly seems justified.
“A good poem may lead to sadness, joyful or simply wandering, but it always leads us to think more deeply about life” Discuss this statement with reference to at least two Sassoon’s poems. A good poem may lead to sadness, joyful or simply wandering, but it always leads us to think more deeply about life. A War poem is a poem that is written on the subject of war. It is applied especially to those in military service. The nature of war poem is to show how horrible and disgusting war is.