Brothers in Arms

However, the soldier’s optimism quickly diminished and turned into hate resulting from the death of many companions. In his poems, Wilfred Owen highlights how soldiers realize that they are not “Brother in Arms” but are just temporary companions who end up separated because of the war. In Anthem for Doomed Youth, Owen writes about the loss of innocence that the soldiers endure. To set the tone of his poem, Wilfred Owen begins with, “What passing-bells for these who die as cattle?” (Owen, 1). This text demonstrates a literary device of a metaphor where the tenor is implied as “the people” or “these” while the vehicle is “die as cattle”. The connection formed in the metaphor depicts soldiers being rapidly annihilated by the weapons of the 19th century, corresponding to how expeditiously cattle are slaughtered in slaughterhouses. Based on the information that is learned from the tenor and vehicle, Wilfred Owen implies that friendships are destroyed…

The song begins by expressing a desire to return home with the lines “But my home is the lowlands / And always will be / Someday you 'll return to / Your valleys and your farms.” These lyrics also present the idea of a light at the end of the tunnel. In the next stanza, they emphasize understanding of pain by saying, “Through these fields of destruction / Baptism of fire / I’ve witnessed you’re suffering.” However, this stanza talks about more than simply suffering. It contemplates brotherhood…

Both bodies are meant to give off a strong and youthful vibe. The sculptor stylized the rigid body of the pharaoh to show strength and power. Mycerinus’ shoulders are extremely broad and rigid, on either side of his body his arms lay evenly straight against his body. His arm muscles are clearly indented at the varying muscles and creases. The shoulder muscles bulge out sideways, while the elbow crease is clearly marked. Mycerinus hands are tightly clenched against his body, while his bottom…

to feel the burning eyes of the various doctors in the room watching me, but the sight of the syringe with a large needle in the short grumpy old nurses hand makes me feel very unsettled. "You will only feel a slight pinch in your arm okay." Said the nurse while she grabs my upper arm and tries to find the dot she drew on my arm earlier camouflaged in the faint freckles up and down my arm. I take a deep breath as she brings the syringe , filled with the "magical" bring purple serum, closer and…

This paper introduces the portion of the lower arm called the forearm. The two bones contained within the forearm are described in detail, briefly mentioning their relation to one another. The relevant names and descriptions are depicted of the common bone breaks, dislocations, and the process of acquiring radiographic images in order to identify such forearm trauma. It is pertinent to always get a little more than just the injured bone in the x-ray to rule out something significant just past…

weapons lures him and his brother into the dangerous realm of international arms dealing. Despite the emphasis on theatrics and suspense, the film focuses heavily on the ethical dilemmas that Yuri faces as he builds a life derived from his amassed wealth. While his thoughts may be hard to fully decipher at any given point in the movie, the ethical dilemmas he faces and how he is seen handling them provide insight into his character. To better understand Yuri and the ethical issues he finds…

In the novel “A Farewell to Arms” Frederic Henry is an American lieutenant in the Italian army. He drives an ambulance, taking injured soldiers from the battlefield to a hospital. He is a young, wild, womanizer, who uses alcohol and women to escape from his reality. Henry soon comes to hate his job and what he sees on a daily basis. Frederic takes a trip to Italy where he parties, drinks, and seduces women as daily tasks. Once he returns he tells his friends about his trip and the events that…

the book, it changes. In the beginning of the novel I felt that Henry neither had a positive or negative reaction to the war until his injury. Towards the end of the novel, Henry no longer wants to participate in the war and is no longer interested in receiving a medal for recognition of being injured simply because at the time of the injury he was not engaging in a heroic act. Henry takes the “nothing is worse than war” side of the argument in Chapter IX. I believe that Hemingway introduced the…

action, and entertainment that the book lacks in the initial chapters. He then understands the once abstract ideas of love and the cruelty of war. However, like many love stories, his passion for faith, love, and optimism are quickly destroyed as he loses his son and Catherine. By the end of the book, Henry gives the book a dark, but realistic insight to love and duty. Thus, Henry is the illustration of the many themes in the novel and thoughts of those that fought during WW1. B.…

The tragedy of losing brothers in arms left and right on the front lines of the goriest war in times past is petrifying and traumatizing. In “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway introduces a lonely soldier’s voyage back to life after returning from World War 1. The lives of the soldiers that fought in the war are overlooked and overseen for what events they have encountered and the pain they suffered internally. Ernest Hemingway is a hero whether he encountered the traumatic stresses of war or…