Summer Reading Essay
Two books that I read during the summer are Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World and All Quiet on the Western Front. They both have to deal with times of war, but Genghis Khan was about how they built an empire instead of Western Fronts World War 1’s battles. Although they both mainly talked about warfare, they also talked about the lifestyles of the main characters. I will compare each book, and also talk about each book.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World1 gave us an insight to the life of Genghis Khan, and all of the Mongolians. From Genghis Khan’s childhood as Temujin Uge to the great, powerful leader that we know today, Genghis Khan was one of the many people who revolutionized the world that we know today. …show more content…
For instance, in both books, one of the morale’s of the story was that participating in war wasn’t good, but sometimes it was necessary for survival. In Genghis Khan, the Mongolian Army went to war for supplies so that they could survive. In Western Front, Paul was forced to kill, so that he would have a chance to survive. Genghis Khan used a variety of tactics to defeat the enemy, while in Western Front used trench warfare as their only tactic. While the Mongolians had to be in constant war to have supplies, the German troops had food whenever they weren’t fighting. In both books, the authors make it clear that being involved with a war, and violence, was very stressful. Genghis Khan hated torture so much that he made it illegal to torture anyone, and Paul Bäumer described the hardships and the stress that killing put on a man. Although that they were in different times with different technology, they both represented the stubbornness and cruelty of mankind over the decades by having war. This is how both books are similar and
Two books that I read during the summer are Genghis Kahn and the Making of the Modern World and All Quiet on the Western Front. They both have to deal with times of war, but Genghis Khan was about how they built an empire instead of Western Fronts World War 1’s battles. Although they both mainly talked about warfare, they also talked about the lifestyles of the main characters. I will compare each book, and also talk about each book.
Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World1 gave us an insight to the life of Genghis Khan, and all of the Mongolians. From Genghis Khan’s childhood as Temujin Uge to the great, powerful leader that we know today, Genghis Khan was one of the many people who revolutionized the world that we know today. …show more content…
For instance, in both books, one of the morale’s of the story was that participating in war wasn’t good, but sometimes it was necessary for survival. In Genghis Khan, the Mongolian Army went to war for supplies so that they could survive. In Western Front, Paul was forced to kill, so that he would have a chance to survive. Genghis Khan used a variety of tactics to defeat the enemy, while in Western Front used trench warfare as their only tactic. While the Mongolians had to be in constant war to have supplies, the German troops had food whenever they weren’t fighting. In both books, the authors make it clear that being involved with a war, and violence, was very stressful. Genghis Khan hated torture so much that he made it illegal to torture anyone, and Paul Bäumer described the hardships and the stress that killing put on a man. Although that they were in different times with different technology, they both represented the stubbornness and cruelty of mankind over the decades by having war. This is how both books are similar and