Analysis Of Carrie's War By Anna Bawden

The destruction caused by the war is actually comprehensive as it not only relates to the issue of nationality, but it is also related to the self-identity of all the residents. In Nina Bawden’s Carrie’s War, she shows how children are forced to fit into the adult’s world in their early age during the war. As the necessity of separation between parents and their children presented in the story, it shows how the issue of coming-of-age is handled by the young characters. Moreover, by using the third person point view to present the story, it clearly shows how people hold differnt stands toward different incidents and cause the misunderstanding. Furthermore, by giving the title of Carrie’s War, Bawden actually conveys the multi-meaning of war …show more content…
Therefore, being sent away from the protection of parents to the children, it makes them need to deal with the issue of coming-of-age at an earlier age than normal children. As people all know that the war is cruel as it collapses the way how people used to see the world, everything is reorganized in mostly negative way. As the protagonist, Carrie, starts to realize that no one would really treat her like a child during the hard time of the war as everyone is suffering mentally or physically, so the only thing she needs to do urgently is to push herself to fit into the aldut’s world, which actually means that she is forced herself to become the adult indeed. The issue of coming-of- age is clearly presented through the protagonist, Carrie, as she is forced to deal with various kinds of incidents during the war. Dealing with the issue of coming-of-age is often painful to most people as it is actually the process of beating the inner child and destroying the image …show more content…
From the scene when Carrie claims to Hepzibah and Albert Sandwich that she does see a monster chasing her and her brother and later on find out that it is actually Mister Johnny. By using the third person point view in the story, it is the first time that the readers would perceive the notion about misunderstanding is made as people are just like Carrie tend to jump into the conclusion so easily without trying to realize what is really going on. Moreover, at the later part of the story when Carrie assumes that Mr Evans is actually the bad guy who tends to use all the schemes to get what him want and win the battle between him and his sister. Carrie chooses to believe the words from Mr. Evans’ sister, Mrs. Gotobed, is because she could only judge Mr. Evans from his bad temper and the way how he treats Auntie Lou and them. Even though Carrie eventually realizes that Mr. Evans is actually innocent and has nothing to do with all the schemes she has once thought. Therefore, from the examples above, readers could that the purpose for bawden to use the third person point view in this story is because she is trying to convey the message that people all tend to use their own way to explain and interpret all the words and incidents they hear from others without