War is sacrifice. To be human is to sacrifice. When life is at stake, all strength is siphoned from hearts to act against the most powerful human intuitions-to protect loved ones from harm, survive to support them, and help those in need. One carries these instincts from inside a mother’s womb like the permanence of birth marks and wrinkles upon skin. Letters from World War II hold expressions of concern and sentiment, a delicate symbol of hardship for soldiers and their families back home.…
Traumatized Soldiers Re-adjusting to Family Life: The Impact of the War Experience on Veterans in “Stones” and “The Shannon” Canada has a long history of fighting in many wars and has had many distinguished war veterans. However, many of these war veterans were affected by post-war trauma. Timothy Findley in his short story “Stones” explores the impact of the Second World War on the Max family, when David Max, the father returns back from his military service in 1943. A similar short story by David Adams Richards “The Shannon,” considers how the dynamics of family change when a father returns after fighting in the Korean War in 1951 with a head injury.…
In the novel, An American Soldier in World War I the author, David L. Snead seeks to provide the reader with an accurate account of the first war through one of possibly the last remaining written letter of a soldier. Through the novel the reader is able to gain insight on the condition of training and preparation, combat, and a soldiers relationship with those he has had to leave. The way in which the author depicts each of these experiences truly draws the reader in and has them rooting for Brownie, whom which is the main character. Throughout the novel the author does his best to set the surrounding or condition of the area that the soldiers occupy.…
The Bertuli Story It is known that passing stories down from one family member to another keeps the memories alive. The same can be said for those who have served in our military. Getting personal information from someone who has experienced that part of life can be so important in keeping those memories, both good and not-so-good alive. In interviewing Mr. Leonard Bertuli, a United States Marine from Mark, IL, my partner Seth Carlson and I learned more about his life before entering military, his experiences while in the military, specifically during those taking place during the Vietnam war.…
War will take its toll on a soldier. In the novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque, the soldiers of Second Company come out of the war damaged in many ways which are almost unpreventable. Their bodies are hurt, their minds are full of fear and they are eventually molded to think that being surrounded death is a normal day to day thing. The soldiers relationships with people and places are destroyed their generation is lost. War leaves them alone and afraid.…
America was founded by our four fathers, in 1776, in order to make a better nation for the world. It has been a great nation with beliefs of freedom and liberty. These attributes come at a cost. Sometimes the cost ended up being a war. Many men and women have died defending our glorious country.…
Merriam-Webster defines the term motif as a “usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts); especially : a dominant idea or central theme” (“Motif”). In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, the author Erich Maria Remarque mentions two principle motifs which are comradeship and lost generation. The novel follows a young solider, Paul Bäumer, and his comrades throughout their journey at the front of World War I. The soldiers experience many horrors throughout their time in the war. Consequently, the young men evolve as people.…
I hope this letter finds you and the rest of the family in good health. My parents and I are doing well, but we continue to worry and pray for our friends and neighbors who are either serving in the Union or have loved ones who are serving. My friend James was considering enlisting as a private in the New Jersey regiment, but a letter from his friend, George B. Wright urging him not to enlist has James reconsidering his decision. In the letter, George talks of the fatigue, and in his words, “your health would break down before you had been in service a month” (Lurie pg. 160).…
Billy Stevens was just a regular teenage boy. He went to school, had friends that he consorted with, had parents who loved him. Life was normal for him. Until the war started. Hundreds of thousands of boys his age enlisted to fight for the cause.…
The article "Iraq Anniversary: How Poetry Played a Part in the War in Iraq" is an article is about the war in Iraq and the impact which was brought about by poetry. The poems in this articles display different features of style,this author mentions John, a platoon commander, who narrates the journey of poetry in war through his contribution and also the contribution of others. After war John acquires a masters in poetry and becomes a pioneer of war poetry through consulting his friends on war poetry. This article also clearly describes the events: inspired by poetry, which contributed to the ending of the war in Iraq.…
The horrors of war plague the soldiers in Remarque’s All Quiet On the Western Front, but their strong friendships save most of them from madness as they drive themselves to survive. Baumer treats his comrades like family, turning to them for advice and comfort. In addition to momentary distractions, such as card playing, Baumer’s relationships motivate him to fight in a war he no longer believes is his. Although Baumer’s friendships leave him estranged from his parents, he forms unbreakable bonds that help him overcome the brutal conditions of war.…
In an attempt to deliver some letters for his friends, the soldier is faced with a terrible fever that prevents him from continuing his task. When he is freezing and at his worst, a woman finds him and aids him back to health. The narrator did separate from her after the explosion, but he hoped to see her again, perhaps to thank her for her kindness. However, as it would turn out, the trolley that had been a marker for her house vanishes‒ it was “[his] only clue [and now it] was gone.”…
During the course of World War II, soldiers sent letters home describing the events and conditions of the war; for historians, these letters give front-line insight to the war and of the “Greatest Generation.” George Hynes wrote a letter home from Amberley Stalion, Australia on 26 January 1941 mentioning a secret mission he hoped to take part of to save “the lives of [his] friends.” George Jr. wrote to his mom and dad to thank them for raising him in a good home, he even said, “if everyone had the swell parents and good home that I have had there would be nothing like this happening.” He then explained what to do with his belongings he had sent from his foot locker. There is a sense that George Jr. did not believe he would be returning home…
19 Aug. 2016. In this short interview with Tim O’Brien, he brings about the physical weight that the soldiers carry. More important, the book is about the psychological burden that the soldiers carry with them after the war – guilt, sadness, joy and the burden of memories. Tim shared his memories of being draft to war, the…
Etini Samuel Udoko ENG 102 – 007 Hatley September 30, 2017. Lost at Home After World War I, being a soldier was the greatest level of honor any man could attain. Young men were shipped off to war with the promise of helping their country, defending the nation, and securing a future for themselves and their families. Little was said about the lasting psychological effects that war would have on soldiers. The life of isolation, and the inability to assimilate back into society, and the pressure to bounce back into civilian life was an everyday reality.…