About a hundred years ago, the first wide spread gas attacks were used in the Battle of Ypres. Soldiers risked their lives to fight for their country and protect the innocent, and they deserve to be commended for their bravery. The poster for the movie “Shellshocked” encapsulates the horrible and dreadful conditions that soldiers faced during war. The picture used in the poster is from the Battle of Verdun in 1916. The title, “Shellshocked”, is meant to relate to the disorder we now classify as post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Many soldiers suffered from “shellshock” long after the war was over. This suffering is due to the violence and hell-like nature of war. This movie poster is meant to uncover the dark side of war. First of all,
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The horrible conditions of trench warfare have diminished since it has become infrequent after the Great War. Furthermore, many Canadian soldiers were diagnosed with “shellshock” in the Great War. According to the Canadian War Museum, “Doctors diagnosed almost 10,000 Canadians with shellshock during the war” (“Shellshock” 1). Since post-traumatic stress disorder is caused by experiencing traumatic events, we can say with a lot of certainty, that war was very traumatic for many soldiers (“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” 1). Doctors during the Great War did not know much about this disorder which caused a lack of treatment options to afflicted soldiers. The progress made on post-traumatic stress disorder since World War I is astounding and the treatment options are far more humane and safe compared to the electric shock therapies used treat soldiers in the past (“Shellshock” 1). The eeriness of the poster exemplifies to cruelty soldiers faced in war. The trenches were used by soldiers to avoid enemy fire, soldiers who left the trenches would not have survived long due to the intense enemy fire they would have sustained (“Trench warfare”
The horrible conditions of trench warfare have diminished since it has become infrequent after the Great War. Furthermore, many Canadian soldiers were diagnosed with “shellshock” in the Great War. According to the Canadian War Museum, “Doctors diagnosed almost 10,000 Canadians with shellshock during the war” (“Shellshock” 1). Since post-traumatic stress disorder is caused by experiencing traumatic events, we can say with a lot of certainty, that war was very traumatic for many soldiers (“Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder” 1). Doctors during the Great War did not know much about this disorder which caused a lack of treatment options to afflicted soldiers. The progress made on post-traumatic stress disorder since World War I is astounding and the treatment options are far more humane and safe compared to the electric shock therapies used treat soldiers in the past (“Shellshock” 1). The eeriness of the poster exemplifies to cruelty soldiers faced in war. The trenches were used by soldiers to avoid enemy fire, soldiers who left the trenches would not have survived long due to the intense enemy fire they would have sustained (“Trench warfare”