Brutality Brutality is constant in all wars. The word war signifies many different things that lead back to brutality. Whether it is through sleep deprivation, starvation, untrained soldiers, conditions on the battlefield, and child soldiers. In the memoir A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah and the novel All Quiet On the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque are both stories about war. In both A Long Way Gone and All Quiet On the Western Front both wars contained unimaginable brutality and horror. All Quiet on the Western Front took place during the first world war. The inventions of modern day machine guns and poisonous gases, such as mustard gas, made war much less personal and altered mankind’s perception of war. These inventions lead to catastrophic levels of
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Paul signifies that soldiers would die from internal bleeding and asphyxiation after breathing in the gas. In the Sierra Leone Civil War physical hand-to-hand combat fighting made the war brutal. Author Ishmael Beah explains that killing prisoners the fastest became a game. There was five prisoners and Ishmael was picked to practice killing on one. “The corporal gave the signal with a pistol shot and I grabbed the man’s head and slit his throat in one fluid motion. His Adam's apple made way for the sharp knife, and I turned the bayonet on its zigzag edge as I brought it out.” (Beah 125).
4. Brutality, especially emotional brutality, also played an extensive role in the civil war of Sierra Leone. Ishmael Beah explains this in his memoir A Long Way Gone. “I felt as if someone was after me. Often , my shadow would scare me and cause me to run for miles. Everything felt awkwardly brutal. Even the air seemed to want to attack me and break my neck.” Ishmael explains that he was not only fighting the rebels, but he was fighting himself (Beah 49). He explains that his shadow would scare him which means he was always on edge and
Paul signifies that soldiers would die from internal bleeding and asphyxiation after breathing in the gas. In the Sierra Leone Civil War physical hand-to-hand combat fighting made the war brutal. Author Ishmael Beah explains that killing prisoners the fastest became a game. There was five prisoners and Ishmael was picked to practice killing on one. “The corporal gave the signal with a pistol shot and I grabbed the man’s head and slit his throat in one fluid motion. His Adam's apple made way for the sharp knife, and I turned the bayonet on its zigzag edge as I brought it out.” (Beah 125).
4. Brutality, especially emotional brutality, also played an extensive role in the civil war of Sierra Leone. Ishmael Beah explains this in his memoir A Long Way Gone. “I felt as if someone was after me. Often , my shadow would scare me and cause me to run for miles. Everything felt awkwardly brutal. Even the air seemed to want to attack me and break my neck.” Ishmael explains that he was not only fighting the rebels, but he was fighting himself (Beah 49). He explains that his shadow would scare him which means he was always on edge and