Confederate States Army

In the poem Disabled, by Wilfred Owen, the character in the poem reminisces on past events and reveals all of the things that he has lost during the war. Disabled is thought to be Owen’s most disturbing and shocking poem when written in the year 1917. He wrote this poem whilst he was spending time in the hospital recuperating after returning from the battlefield and he revised the poem a year later. The theme of loss is portrayed throughout the poem in order to reflect Owen’s own experience of…

to overcome his cowardice. As his regiment faces the enemy again, Henry acts a standard bearer who holds a flag. In the Red Badge of Courage, Stephen Crane uses symbols including the dead man, animal imagery, and color imagery to imply the mental state of the protagonist, Henry Fleming. After Henry flees from the battle and is in the process of rationalizing his behavior, he crosses a tranquil spot in the woods. At length he reached a place where the high, arching…

How would you adjust to a new unfamiliar, stressful environment that you don't want to be in? In the short story ''Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy,'' Tim O'Brien explores that situation to a whole new level. He tells the story of a man who got drafted to war, and unfortunately has to face its realities and miseries. He leaves with a powerful ending by revealing that Paul's once beacon of hope, the sea, didn't crush his fear, instead it just grew bigger. This leads us to question why ends…

A Comrade in War, A Friend for Life Beginning with the shot heard around the world, World War l devastated everyone around. From 1914 to 1918, the Western Front was the center of where all the fighting and killing occurred. In this place, soldiers fought under the worst conditions known to man, yet out of this warfare brought men together. In the book All Quiet on The Western Front the Paul wrote about one positive aspect of the war experience, which is the strong bond between soldiers. Other…

during the Vietnam war. The Vietnam war, lasting from 1955 to 1975, was fought between North Vietnam and South Vietnam over the idea of communism and capitalism. As North and South Vietnam joined with allies to try to defeat each other, the United States was pulled in to support South Vietnam. Boys as young as eighteen years old were then quickly and forcefully drafted into the war. The war eventually traumatized and ruined the emotional and physical identities of these young men…

In Anthony Grooms book, Bombingham there are many references to moments that are life changing to the main character, Walter. The story is comprised of flashbacks Walter has while he’s a soldier in Vietnam. During the war, Walter feels obligated to write his condolences when a fellow soldier from his hometown, Haywood, dies in the pinnacle of battle. He is prompted with the recollection of questioning his faith in a series of flashbacks regarding his childhood, specifically when his mother was…

In the brilliant novel, In The Lake Of The Woods, Tim O’Brien tells his audience many things about the nature of love. O’Brien claims that the nature of love is solely only to love and be loved. O’Brien says that, “It was the nature of love that John Wade went to the war. Not to hurt or be hurt, not to be a good citizen or a hero or a moral man. Only for love. Only to be loved.”(59) This means that in many instances, people's nature of love is simply just for love. Nothing else. The nature of…

War tends to take a toll on citizens who both participate in the fight and remain home. Literature such as The Sniper and A Separate Peace proves that if you are directly on the battlefield or even at a simple all boys school, war and its curse alters everyone's life one way or another and no matter who you are you can and will be impacted by it. The two authors of the two works want to show some of the anxiety and guilt war tends to cause that ruins lives. A Separate Peace, by John Knowles,…

“From my mother’s sleep I fell into the State”(ll 1), Jarrell imposes an ambiguity that allows the analogy between the soldier’s death and an aborted baby. The use of phrase “mother’s sleep” could mean that the gunner had to leave his mother’s side to be enlisted by the United States and that this whole action also can be compared to a baby who was taken out from either his mother’s protection or her womb. This is analogy is also evident in that the last line states, “When I died they washed me…

The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien is a short story about a platoon that consisted of 17 men, led by Lieutenant Jimmy Cross, and their experiences during the Vietnam War. The story is centered around the terrible conditions of Vietnam and the many items carried by the soldiers that were not only needed for survival, but also personal items that helped them get through each day. Each soldier carried the same necessities, some of them are: a flak jacket, a plastic poncho, pocket knives,…