Ryan Larkin

somewhat fitting for this month, and with everything that has been going on. I choose the official movie trailer for Saving Private Ryan, considered one of the all time greatest war films. The drama/action film by Steven Spielberg, was released in 1998. It follows Captain John Miller (Tom Hanks) and the group of eight men tasked to find and retrieve Private James Ryan after his three brothers were killed in action during the last Great War, WWII. The audience sees the brutal reality of war and…

SAVING PRIVATE RYAN PART 1: THE BATTLE OF NORMANDY The Battle of Normandy was key for the allies success in France. The Allies landed on the Normandy beaches on June 6th, 1944 and had major issues moving off the boats, moving into the mainland of Normandy and then onward to Paris. The Allies initially had the element of surprise because of D-Day however once the landings had occurred, that changed as the Germans then knew what their plan was, to push inland and not to be in Pays de Calais. The…

women may be as tough as men there are still factors that can be distracting. The women who would fight in the war could potentially become the main focus instead of the fight. By looking deeper into All Quiet in the Western Front and Saving Private Ryan, these movies both indirectly and directly show how women would negatively affect the war if they were to join the fight.…

are present in both Saving Private Ryan, and All Quiet on the Western Front. Saving Private Ryan has aspects of an anti and pro war movie, while All Quiet on the Western Front is a true anti-war book. Just like a lot of the movies out there, Saving Private Ryan has a few overdramatized parts. Of course, without some exaggerated parts war movies would not be as big a hit. It's the viewer's job to sift through the reality and the fantasy. Both Saving Private Ryan and All Quiet on the Western Front…

It was a cold brisk morning when my squad and I started our journey to Gallipoli, there were three young guys in front of me, with five others behind. We were all waiting silently, some of us were looking out for enemy snipers and mines in the water. Were about to hit the beach, I can hear gunshots and people shouting “medic!” at that moment a bullet whizzed passed skimming my helmet.All the sudden bullets were coming left right and center, “get down, we're taking fire” it was too late for some…

situation no matter what circumstance. Two works that deal with this aspect of nature are The Old Man and the Sea and Saving Private Ryan. The Old Man and the Sea and Saving Private Ryan, both stories of loyalty, honor and sacrifice, portray the battle between man’s will and nature’s force, demonstrating the victorious unstoppable quality of nature. Both Saving Private Ryan and Old Man and the Sea, show the main characters on a mission to accomplish a feat extremely important and reflective of…

Although All Quiet on the Western Front and Saving Private both shows brutality of war and rough conditions, the novel shows more compassion it’s more realistic in that the emotion and feeling toward the enemies. In the beginning of Saving Private Ryan the viewer witness the American and ally forces execute Operation Overlord. As the American and ally forces storm the beaches they face relentless gunfire by the German forces stationed in bunkers. This is very similar to All Quiet on the Western…

Steven Spielberg's back at it with following his other successful hit Saving Private ryan . Band Of Brothers finds you following E Company of the 506th PIR of the 101st Airborne, From their basic training to the end of WWII. This HBO miniseries has commentary of these soldiers that were in the 101st this helps the “character building” move along as it allows you to access their personal thoughts and opinions on the situations they faced and sets the tone for the episode to come. Band of…

‘’Let's go ladies,’’ yells the captain of the landing craft that Logan Thomas was on. It was June 6, 1944 at 6:30. There was a slight matalic smell and was quite cool from the water sprays. Logan was a part of the 2nd battalion. He is just out of high school, Logan was a tall, very muscular boy. He was a part of the football and wrestling team. But, even he felt the fear of landing on Omaha Beach. Logan looks up at his fellow troops and sees many young boys shaking in fear with their M1’s in…

Film: Saving Private Ryan. 1 sentence film:4-5 sentences research Hypothesis: The film Saving Private Ryan will represent what happened on the first day of the D-day invasion but then fail to represent what happened before and after the initial invasion. Introduction Paragraph 1 – Planning of D-day invasion The beginning of the D-day invasion, otherwise known as Operation Overlord, can be dated back to September 1941, after the British evacuated their troops from Dunkirk from Northern France.…