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Authors Point Of View Soldiers
792 words-By Zachary Anderson In one part of our being, a thousand years. By the animal instinct that is awakened in is we are led and protected. It is not conscious; it is far quicker, much more sure, less fallible, than consciousness. One cannot explain it (56). On the battlefield of any war, past or present one would think any soldier had felt that sense of survival at one point or another. This could be named impulse acted on by fear, nervousness, or as the quote defined it, instinct in violence. The...
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O'brien S Views
1,573 wordsThe Things They Carried by Tim O'BrienTim O'Brien's The Things They Carried is not a novel about the Vietnam War. It is a story about the soldiers and their experiences and emotions that are brought about from the war. O'Brien makes several statements about war through these dynamic characters. He shows the violent nature of soldiers under the pressures of war, he makes an effective antiwar statement, and he comments on the reversal of a social deviation into the norm. By skillfully employing th...
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Narrator's Change Of Attitude Towards War
1,283 wordsEssay: All Quiet on the Western Front An anti-war novel often portrays many of the bad aspects and consequences of war. Erich Remarque's All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel set in the First World War that is against war. Remarque describes the terrible reality of the war, focusing on the horrors and involved. The novel portrays an anti-war perspective as it brings up issues about the brutality of war, the narrator's change of attitude towards war, the futility of war and the deaths of the ...
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Continued Help From Our Soldiers
886 wordsThroughout history, America has shone the bright light of freedom onto the darkness and oppression in this world, and has done so with the help of millions of brave soldiers. From 1776 to 2004, soldiers have and continue to put their lives on the line for the great cause of upholding freedom. Their ultimate sacrifice has allowed the liberty light to shine strong, and to keep you, me, and all Americans safe under Lady Liberty's arm. When I see soldiers on television or in a parade, I am reminded ...
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War Changes People
623 words"All Quiet On The Western Front" World War I was a fierce and very disturbing time for many people. During war people will stretch their own personal boundaries and limits just to stay alive. Although every solider was someone's son, by the end of the war this was not a factor. By thinking of an enemy as less then human, the act of killing someone " ss on was a little easier on the minds of each soldier. To everyday people it is apparent that the war changes people, but the extent of the change ...
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Every Soldier
263 wordsStephen Crane wasn't a well-known writer when The Red Badge of Courage was first published; but after its release, he gained fame and status practically overnight. It seemed that most people either loved or hated the book; there was no shade of gray. Many people were confused and puzzled about how Crane could write in such great detail about a war he never experienced and the account actually be accurate. They did not understand where he received all his facts and "public interest often focused ...
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How To Tell A True War Story
649 wordsWar can be defined as "an active struggle between competing entities. It's truly hard to tell who is right or wrong during a war. Both sides are fighting for what they believe in and what is true to their heart. In the end there is always two things promised - destruction and death. These two objects can explain the result in every facet of war from the physical to emotional. In "How to Tell a True War Story" O'Brien explores the relationship between the events during a war and the art of tellin...
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War Novel
529 wordsForeign Policy Book Review World War I took place in the early 1900's. The United States entered the war late, trying not to get involved with foreign affairs. In Erich Maria Remarque's WWI novel All Quiet on the Western Front, we see the war through the German point of view of a 19 year-old Paul Baume r. As more and more young German nationalists are brain-washed into battle, more and more lives are altered forever. Once in the war, the young soldiers realize that war isn't at all as glorious a...
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American Soldiers Experience In The Vietnam War
825 wordsTwo Stories of Vietnam My essay is a comparison of a song and a poem about the Vietnam war. The song is "Goodnight Saigon" written by Billy Joel and the poem is "No Word Spoken" by Edward J. Domaleski. These two are very different but revolve around one main point; the American soldiers experience in the Vietnam war. Joel writes about the whole war experience while Domaleski writes just about one solitary battle. Domaleski is also more detailed than Joel in his writing. Domaleski lines of poetry...
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German Soldiers
1,425 wordsGallipoli truly demonstrated the view points of Australians and the effects the war had on them. A deceiving perception of the war was emphasized, forgetting the warnings and traumas which were so evident by the end of the movie. Innocence was lost before young boys even had a chance to really live their lives. Misleading propaganda and nationalism encouraged the war effort. Much could have been prevented, yet the naivete of the elders and youth alike kept the inexperienced going on for more. Mi...
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Basic Training Area For The Vietnam War
1,686 wordsFull Metal Jacket: An Accurate Portrayal of the Vietnam War The Vietnam War was one of the most controversial American military involvements of the twentieth century. There has always been much discussion as to why the Americans were forced into defeat and as to why so many American soldiers died for a purpose that was not achieved. Many directors have made attempts at recreating the horrors of this war, and many have been criticized for providing an unrealistic depiction of it. In 1987, Full Me...
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South During The Civil War
2,348 words1.) Write your definition of revolution. Then use this definition to argue that the Civil War did or did not produce a revolution in the political, economic, and social life of the United States. A "revolution" can be described as a transformation from old age to a more modern and progressive one. Without a doubt the Civil War produced revolutionary changes in political, economical, and social life of the people of the US. The original federal banking system was specie based and wasn't very prev...
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Soldiers And Sailors Monument
718 wordsLocated at the center of Monument Circle in downtown Indianapolis is the historic Soldiers and Sailors Monument. This monument standing around three hundred feet tall is not only the site of many concerts and festivals, but is also a reminder to all of the men who fought to defend our country. This Monument was built in honor of Indiana's heroes that died in the War for the Union (1861-65), War with Mexico (1846-48), Indian and British Wars (1811-1812), War of the Revolution, and America capturi...
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Caused Many Deaths In World War I
1,078 wordsMany people originally thought that World War One would be over by Christmas 1914, so it came as a shock when a year passed. Two. Three. Four. Four terrible years of stalemate, endless tragedy, devastating effects on families, many deaths and life altering experiences. Also, most people believed by 1918 that a war like the previous one would never take place again, and that it would be the 'War to end all Wars'. False advertisements lead people to believe the war was exciting. Recruitment poster...
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Back Home Ten Years After The War
759 wordsThere is a difference in attitudes in men towards war, specially when one goes to war volunteering out patriotism, or if you go to war simply because you were drafted. Therefore leaving behind things and goals, you had in mind, instead of combat. Both stories relate to post war nostalgia, In O'Brien's is about a middle age veteran twenty years after Vietnam, still having nightmares about the era. This story tells us about two friends, Bob Kiley and Curt Lemon, two young kids in their late teens,...
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Dead Japanese Soldiers
710 wordsThe Burmese Harp addresses the tragedy of war between Japanese and British in the middle of twentieth century. The end of World War II, in July of 1945, one Japanese corps, which was about to escape from Burma to Thailand, learns of their nation's surrender, and is sent to a POW camp in one Burmese town called Mudon. It is the beautiful tone of harp that one Japanese soldier Mizushima plays to console the exhausted soldiers. Under such circumstances, Mizushima has come to be entrusted with the d...
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Times The Soldiers
1,441 wordsThroughout history, many wars have been fought all resulting in death and destruction, but two in particular are very important to American literature today. Ernest Hemingway wrote A Farewell to Arms, a fantastic account of World War I, in which he characterizes Lt. Henry, a young ambulance driver in love during the time of fighting, actually portraying himself during the time of war. His role in the war however gave him very little personal interaction with actual combat himself but a way to ob...
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War And Religion
1,499 wordsWhat can cause war but also have people seek peace? What can give support to nations leaders but also have them question their ethics? What can provide strength to soldiers and assure them protection? Religion. Religion has played a large roll within soldiers, helping leaders during war, and creating views that protest against and for, ideals of war. Soldiers all over the world enlist in the military forces for United States. Many have no hope at all that they will live through the war they are ...
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Paul And His Fellow War
770 wordsKeep It Should All Quiet on the Western Front be appraised again this year as part of the curriculum for our high school students? Of many words, yes would be the correct response because this novel has much value within its words. All Quiet on the Western Front by Enrich Maria Remarque has many themes that give the reader a direct relation to life as presented in the book. Changes of the human spirit from war, and views on death are two of the thought-provoking themes portrayed. The views on ch...
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Innocence Of The Soldier
979 wordsALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT Erich Maria Remarque in his realistic novel All Quiet on the Western Front, written in 1928, dramatizes how the unrelenting power of war ultimately results in the death of childhood and the birth of manhood in the men of the war. Paul Baumer, the protagonist, has a first hand view of the destructiveness of war, which took his companions, his life and his innocence. With the loss of innocence of the young men came the foreboding of death. With the foreboding of deat...
