Truth and Reality
A true war story is not about war; it is about love, peace, violence, life, death, joy, and despair. Sometimes, it’s happenings are not even true. What makes a war story true, however, is its ability to show the realities of war, whether through true experiences or fictitious ones. Truth is the root of all of these things, as it is the source of all views and perceptions on life and its happenings.
Truth is objective; there is a real, unchangeable truth to every subject or event known to man. Reality shares the same characteristic. Both truth and reality can be differently interpreted by people, but they will never change. Happening truth is also unchanging, regardless of how one interprets it. In All Quiet on the Western …show more content…
Often times, what is believed to be truth is passed down in families, tribes, or regions of people. For example, in wartime, a nation will use various methods of propaganda to drill a certain view of truth or reality of the war into people’s heads. They try to change people’s thinking to fit their beliefs and agenda. This is especially relevant in All Quiet on the Western Front, as the older generation of Germany passed on a false reality of what war really was; they made it seem glorious and noble, pressuring the young generation to join the war cause and ultimately lose or destroy their lives. Views of reality and truth are also heavily impacted by life experiences. This also connects directly to the realization of the realities of the war that Paul and his comrades experienced in All Quiet on the Western Front. In The Things They Carried, the soldiers come to the same realization of reality and truth of what war really is. Life ultimately consists of different experiences, which can all shape views of truth and reality. Much of one’s perceived reality of war has to do with happening truth in specific events. For example, two men might witness two completely different aspects of the same battle or incident, which would contribute to differentiating viewpoints of war, even though there is only one unchangeable truth to what happened in that particular
A true war story is not about war; it is about love, peace, violence, life, death, joy, and despair. Sometimes, it’s happenings are not even true. What makes a war story true, however, is its ability to show the realities of war, whether through true experiences or fictitious ones. Truth is the root of all of these things, as it is the source of all views and perceptions on life and its happenings.
Truth is objective; there is a real, unchangeable truth to every subject or event known to man. Reality shares the same characteristic. Both truth and reality can be differently interpreted by people, but they will never change. Happening truth is also unchanging, regardless of how one interprets it. In All Quiet on the Western …show more content…
Often times, what is believed to be truth is passed down in families, tribes, or regions of people. For example, in wartime, a nation will use various methods of propaganda to drill a certain view of truth or reality of the war into people’s heads. They try to change people’s thinking to fit their beliefs and agenda. This is especially relevant in All Quiet on the Western Front, as the older generation of Germany passed on a false reality of what war really was; they made it seem glorious and noble, pressuring the young generation to join the war cause and ultimately lose or destroy their lives. Views of reality and truth are also heavily impacted by life experiences. This also connects directly to the realization of the realities of the war that Paul and his comrades experienced in All Quiet on the Western Front. In The Things They Carried, the soldiers come to the same realization of reality and truth of what war really is. Life ultimately consists of different experiences, which can all shape views of truth and reality. Much of one’s perceived reality of war has to do with happening truth in specific events. For example, two men might witness two completely different aspects of the same battle or incident, which would contribute to differentiating viewpoints of war, even though there is only one unchangeable truth to what happened in that particular