The novel With the Old Breed of Peleiu and Okinawa by Eugene Sledge was very heart touching, for example, throughout the novel Sledge tells a story about his personal experience of fighting against the Japanese in the Pacific during World War II. Meanwhile, I think this novel had gained Eugene Sledge the acknowledge of becoming an historian and storyteller. Furthermore, Sledge uses objective language, for example, Sledge demonstrates each training and boot camp he had to go through before he could fight in war. The intended audience of With the Old Breed of Peleiu and Okinawa is all former and present navy sailors who wants to gain more knowledge about the experiences former navy sailors went through to prepare for the World War II. However,
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For example, one strength Sledge uses is the horrors of each battles the soldiers had to fight which was very brutally detailed and Sledge also points out the true cost of the war which happens to be expensive. As mentioned before, Sledge elaborating on his experiences of witnessing death of the U.S soldiers could be appointed as a weakness as well. For that reason, with Sledge describing the death of the soldiers leaves readers sorrowful and mournful because people wouldn’t think that soldiers would face some of those brutally battles which shows one of Sledge weakness of his novel. Although, this novel points out several unexcepted and disturbing experiences of the World War II, but Sledge happens to be the only one to tell the honest, realistic, and unpolished truth about the war which draws my attention the most. In fact, Sledge did not make any claims that were not supported by the evidence nor did Sledge have flaws throughout the novel. In addition, Sledge did not attempt to overturn assumptions about the war instead was very focus on getting his message out about the World War II. I think that Sledge accomplish more than he expected when he published this novel, giving people what they should know about his and other soldier’s experiences during the war. The “With the Old Breed of Peleiu and Okinawa “is useful for understanding the historical topic behind the World War II, because the novel informs people of America what the meaning of soldiers “fighting for us” showing that they are willing to sacrifice their lives to save ours which makes this novel
For example, one strength Sledge uses is the horrors of each battles the soldiers had to fight which was very brutally detailed and Sledge also points out the true cost of the war which happens to be expensive. As mentioned before, Sledge elaborating on his experiences of witnessing death of the U.S soldiers could be appointed as a weakness as well. For that reason, with Sledge describing the death of the soldiers leaves readers sorrowful and mournful because people wouldn’t think that soldiers would face some of those brutally battles which shows one of Sledge weakness of his novel. Although, this novel points out several unexcepted and disturbing experiences of the World War II, but Sledge happens to be the only one to tell the honest, realistic, and unpolished truth about the war which draws my attention the most. In fact, Sledge did not make any claims that were not supported by the evidence nor did Sledge have flaws throughout the novel. In addition, Sledge did not attempt to overturn assumptions about the war instead was very focus on getting his message out about the World War II. I think that Sledge accomplish more than he expected when he published this novel, giving people what they should know about his and other soldier’s experiences during the war. The “With the Old Breed of Peleiu and Okinawa “is useful for understanding the historical topic behind the World War II, because the novel informs people of America what the meaning of soldiers “fighting for us” showing that they are willing to sacrifice their lives to save ours which makes this novel