A person would never be the same after going through battle and experiencing the horrors of war because combat changes a person forever. This is seen in both the miniseries Band of Brothers and the Pacific and with men throughout history. Individuals who constantly see violence and participate in it develop mental trauma, which is commonly called post traumatic stress disorder. Obviously, they can also suffer physical injuries due to the combat or battle, which will affect their life and change them as people for the rest of their lives.
Mentally scarred by constantly seeing brutality, Private Albert Blithe in Band of Brothers hid during the Battle of Carentan and temporarily lost his eyesight from this extreme stress. In addition, while …show more content…
This is seen in both shows, but most manifestly when Private, later Corporal, Merriel "Snafu" Shelton throws bits of Coral into the fractured cranium of a dead Japanese soldier while in the Peleliu hill. He has seen a mass amount of death, gore and therefore has grown accustomed to it, allowing him to find no distaste in playing with the corpses of enemy soldiers. This is also seen in any of the soldiers who get through the battles without mentally breaking down, since they use desensitization to their advantage so they feel distress when amidst fighting. In conclusion, people who go through battle are never the same due to the psychological damage, which often manifest into post traumatic stress disorder, physical wounds and desensitization. During the film, Oskar Schindler changes from a narcissistic individual who only thinks of money and women, to a caring and compassionate person that is determined to help Jewish people escape the violence and horrors inflicted by the Nazis. This change is caused by multiple factors. The major shift in his mindset occurs when he sees the girl in the red coat dead. By witnessing this, it puts a face to all those murdered by the Nazis. This alters his view of these atrocities, such as burning the countless bodies, from just "ash and soot of burning corpses piling up on …show more content…
The are drawn to the party so they can use its name and influence to hurt others and carry out their violent plans. This is shown with personal recounts of soldiers and doctors working at the death camp Auschwitz. A patient described Dr.Mengele as “He could be friendly but kill, as gentle as a father” with children frequently taking a “little drive with Uncle Pepi to the gas chambers”(2). Obviously, he and countless other individuals in the Nazi party were not in their right minds and enjoyed their jobs, which helped fuel the atrocities that occurred during the Holocaust. In conclusion the Treaty of Versailles was the main cause of the Holocaust because it caused economic and political instability, allowing for the Nazi party to come to power and force their barbarous, deadly beliefs and policies on the people of Germany. Lastly, it gave an innumerable amount of men like Dr.Mengele the ability to hurt millions of innocent
Mentally scarred by constantly seeing brutality, Private Albert Blithe in Band of Brothers hid during the Battle of Carentan and temporarily lost his eyesight from this extreme stress. In addition, while …show more content…
This is seen in both shows, but most manifestly when Private, later Corporal, Merriel "Snafu" Shelton throws bits of Coral into the fractured cranium of a dead Japanese soldier while in the Peleliu hill. He has seen a mass amount of death, gore and therefore has grown accustomed to it, allowing him to find no distaste in playing with the corpses of enemy soldiers. This is also seen in any of the soldiers who get through the battles without mentally breaking down, since they use desensitization to their advantage so they feel distress when amidst fighting. In conclusion, people who go through battle are never the same due to the psychological damage, which often manifest into post traumatic stress disorder, physical wounds and desensitization. During the film, Oskar Schindler changes from a narcissistic individual who only thinks of money and women, to a caring and compassionate person that is determined to help Jewish people escape the violence and horrors inflicted by the Nazis. This change is caused by multiple factors. The major shift in his mindset occurs when he sees the girl in the red coat dead. By witnessing this, it puts a face to all those murdered by the Nazis. This alters his view of these atrocities, such as burning the countless bodies, from just "ash and soot of burning corpses piling up on …show more content…
The are drawn to the party so they can use its name and influence to hurt others and carry out their violent plans. This is shown with personal recounts of soldiers and doctors working at the death camp Auschwitz. A patient described Dr.Mengele as “He could be friendly but kill, as gentle as a father” with children frequently taking a “little drive with Uncle Pepi to the gas chambers”(2). Obviously, he and countless other individuals in the Nazi party were not in their right minds and enjoyed their jobs, which helped fuel the atrocities that occurred during the Holocaust. In conclusion the Treaty of Versailles was the main cause of the Holocaust because it caused economic and political instability, allowing for the Nazi party to come to power and force their barbarous, deadly beliefs and policies on the people of Germany. Lastly, it gave an innumerable amount of men like Dr.Mengele the ability to hurt millions of innocent