In the novel Unbroken, Laura Hillenbrand succeeds at conveying angst, as well as, irony, in chapter eight, “Only the Laundry Knew How Scared I Was,” by introducing facts regarding undervalued life during wartime. Hillenbrand uses factual reports to emphasize the diminished contrast in combat versus non-combat casualties. Consequently, over 52,000 Army Air Force personnel were reportedly killed in combat. Comparatively, an astounding 35,946 of the Army Air Force’s workforce died in relation to non-combative incidents; minor portions of these casualties were fatalities related to planes lost during the World War Two conflict.…
If I Die in a Combat one, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home O 'Brien, Tim. If I Die in a Combat Zone, Box Me Up and Ship Me Home. New York, New York: Broadway Books, 1975. 209.…
World War I was a conflict that claimed the lives of millions of soldiers and altered the lives of countless others. Shortly after the War, two novels surfaced, Generals Die In Bed by Charles Yale Harrison and All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, that became influential in our understanding of how the soldiers lived. Each novel provides a firsthand account from a soldier’s point of view on one of the most brutal wars ever to have been fought. The novels portray war without the common popular veils of patriotism and heroism. General Douglas MacArthur stated “The soldier above all others prays for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war”.…
Maximilian Maria Ernst, better known as Max Ernst, was born in Bruhl, Germany. He was the third of nine children in a catholic family. He was drafted into the German Army and experienced the trauma and bloodshed of war. This sparked his obsession with making surreal art, and helped in cope with the trauma and stress which came from war. In 1919, he worked in Cologne, Germany.…
Author Lynda Van Devanter spent one year as a U.S. Army nurse in Viet Nam. In this memoir she talks about that even though nurses who served in Vietnam were not formal combatants they still experienced the same trauma adjusting back to civilian life, long after the war ended. She began the book in the present day, as she still was tormented by night sweats and flashbacks. “Vietnam was the worst time of my life, yet it was also, in many ways, the most important and most intense” (Van Devanter 14).…
This dear America book is called my secret war, a diary of 13 year old Madeleine Beck taking place in 1941. At the start of the book it talks about how Maddie's father is a Navy officer and is on an aircraft carrier protecting the Pacific. She is now living in Long Island, New York. She is having trouble making friends and likes this boy in her class johnny. She and johnny become friends because he thinks it's so cool that she has a dad in the navy.…
The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien: Emotional Burden of Death In the book “The Things They Carried”, Tim O’Brien uses figurative language and symbolism to evoke certain emotions in readers and denote to the burden of death in the Vietnam War and the effects it had on soldiers. The story, at first, appears to be about the tools and equipment soldiers physically must carry during war and combat, but it’s not that simple. In war, soldiers deal with life changing experiences that they will carry emotionally for the remaining days of their lives. O’Brien has strong way of depicting this emotional challenge of death to people through his short story.…
She was one of the girliest girls I knew since grade school, with her stylish culottes and pink garments of all different shades for all different occasions. She was the epitome of a mixture between pure innocence and quirk that boldly took her rightful place in the middle of my heart. Mary Anne wasn’t just all of that; she was also my affectionate girlfriend, my warm-hearted best friend who I could talk about anything with, from the most trivial things to the very meaning of our whole existence. At the time, all I could feel was the absolute joy that I got from spending my time with her. We had our entire happiness in the future planned out, a dream wedding and all, but maybe that was the reason why I wouldn’t have ever imagined that I would be feeling so lost and empty just a few years later, alone and missing a part of myself.…
The Things They Carried took place during the Vietnam War. The Vietnam War was made up of two sides. One side was the communist ruled Government of North Vietnam, China, Soviet Union, and other communist countries. While the opposing side fighting against them were the United States, South Vietnam, Philippines, and many other anti-communist countries. When the war start it was February 28, 1961 and officially ended on May 7, 1975.…
MRS ELVSTED follows. Hedda is stretched out lifeless on the sofa. Confusion and cries. BERTA comes running in from the right.} {Shreiking from BRACK} Shot herself in the temple!…
In what seemed like a few swift moments, the sun sank beneath the horizon, leaving splashes of orange, red, and purple across the sky, I walked along the battlefield, soldiers lying almost motionless on the green and red-splotched grass. Then, I heard a loud cry. “Mary! Mary, my sister!” Other soldiers laid on the ground, their eyes glazed over, pupils heavily dilated.…
War is an emotional roller coaster; soldiers feel pain as comrade’s fall right before their eyes. They rejoice with patriotism as the army advances to defeat a common enemy. In the memoir, Helmet for My Pillow: from Parris Island to the Pacific, Robert Leckie recounts his war experience from beginning to end. He uses long- winded syntax to evoke powerful emotions from readers, provide intense imagery, and provide description of people and events. Without a doubt, long-winded syntax evokes powerful emotions from the reader.…
Everyone wants to escape from reality from time to time. Whether it's to simply daydream or get lost in a book, but one must always snap back to the real word and keep true to everyday human responsibilities. Although, in the novella Leaving Gilead by Pat Carr, Geneva Birdsong has been living a fantasy her whole life. She has regrets about her marriage and life with her husband Ian Birdsong and chooses to deal with them as if they weren't there. She doesn't enjoy being a mother, and doesn't love her husband, so she neglects the both of those important aspects in her life.…
Mortality in War in The Things They Carried War often leads people to reevaluate their lives and beliefs. In Tim O’Brien’s They Things They Carried motifs, such as the repetition of storytelling, reveal how people can be given life through words, such as the little girl named Linda who died of cancer at a young age.…
All in His Head 2019253--4th Hour Life of Pi--Final Research Essay Screams wrack a soldier’s body as he witnesses another brother fall to the ground, the body limp and cold. The piercing, repetitive sound of gunfire rings throughout the closed, cramped confinements. Home, a reoccurring thought embedded in every soldier’s mind, appears centuries away. With heavy hearts and fatigued minds, they trudge onto the next battle. Trauma, particularly stemming from war, affects soldiers differently, but nevertheless everyone who suffers from trauma remains a victim.…