Action M Battlefield Casualties Analysis

To be engaged in war is to be engaged in an armed conflict. Death is an all too ordinary product of war. It is an unsolicited reward for many soldiers that are fighting for their country’s own fictitious freedom. For some of these men, the battlefield is a glimpse into hell, and for others, it is a means to heaven. Many people worry about what happens during war and what will become of their loved ones while they’re fighting, but few realize what happens to those soldiers once they come home. The short stories "Soldier's Home” by Ernest Hemingway and "Speaking of Courage” by Tim O'Brien explore the thematic after effects of war and how it impacts a young person's life. Young people who

The rambunctious behavior of the soldier’s triumphant victory is a strong message visually for the viewer. These soldiers struggle to find their identity and once the war ends, the identity they’ve build at war vanishes, (McCutcheon, 2007). As a result, they essentially lose a part of them selves, (McCutcheon, 2007). When they return home, many soldiers struggle with psychological issues that prevent them from resuming their once regular lives, (McCutcheon, 2007). The images of soldiers celebrating at the end of war give the viewer a taste of this problem. This also allows the viewer insight to the deeper issues surrounding an American soldier’s mental stability and mentality. Through this image, along with many others throughout the film, the viewer is able to dig deeper and truly analyze what they are seeing.

In the fictional novel The Things They Carried, Tim O’Brien vividly explains the fear and trauma the soldiers encountered during the Vietnam War. Many of these soldiers are very young and inexperienced. They begin to witness their acquaintances’ tragic demise, and kill other innocent lives on their own. Many people have a background knowledge on the basis of what soldiers face each day, but they don’t have a clear understanding of what goes through these individual’s minds when they’re at war. O’Brien gives descriptive details on the soldiers’ true character by appealing to emotions, using antithesis and imagery.

After returning from war, veterans often face many hardships. This theme is demonstrated through pathos and logos in both “The Odyssey” by Homer and “Back from War but Not Really Home” by Caroline Alexander. These texts use these rhetorical devices to prove that a soldier’s struggle does not stop when he leaves the battlefield. By doing so, they open the eyes of the reader to the injustice they face.

As the United States military drastically shifted from conventional to modern warfare, the public’s perception of the soldier’s homecoming equally changed. The antique notion that a soldier is the ultimate representation of heroism and bravery was deemed ignorant and inconsiderate. In the status quo, science has determined disorders such as post-traumatic stress to explain many soldiers’ failed reintegration into their society at home. Phil Klay’s “Redeployment” is a contemporary short story that follows Sgt. Price, a soldier from the Iraq War, as he struggles to find his place at home with the constant reminders of the battlefield. Upon his sudden, unmemorable redeployment to the U.S., Price remains shocked at the vast differences between

War is a traumatizing experience for anyone, but especially for children. A Long Way Gone demonstrates how a child’s innocence can be taken away

There are two types of people that fight in wars; those who consider their patriotic duty an honor and those who entered the war by force. In 1990, twenty years after returning from the Vietnam War, Tim O’Brien published The Things They Carried, a disturbing and remorseful collection of short stories that gives detailed, yet fictional, accounts of the horrific events that occurred during the war. Later in 2012, after his tour of duty, Chris Kyle released American Sniper, a humble and passionate memoir that describes what Kyle had to face during his tour. While The Things They Carried utilizes symbolism and similes to inform the reader about the horrors of war, American Sniper uses flashbacks and imagery to demonstrate that some people “come alive” during the war.

Beginning my love of reading an early age, I was never the type of child who was drawn to fictional stories. As an 8 year-old child in West Virginia, I was recognized by the local library for my love of biographies, autobiographies and recollections of world events. This love has continued throughout my adult life, desiring to read novels such as “We Were Soldiers Once…and Young” by Lt. Gen. Harold G. Moore rather than watch the major motion picture “We Were Soldiers” starring Mel Gibson. Even though the motion picture received multiple awards, when reading the recollection of Mr. Moore’s accounts, the feeling of loss, distress, anxiety and fear can be felt in each word that he has written while reliving this horrendous war.

War can destroy a man both in body and mind for the rest of his life. In “The Sniper,” Liam O’Flaherty suggests the horror of war not only by presenting its physical dangers, but also by showing its psychological effects. We are left to wonder which has the longer lasting effect—the visible physical scars or the ones on the inside?

Individuals everywhere grimace at war. Images of the strike of the gun, the burst of the bombs, and the clash of the soldiers all elicit a wince and a shiver. Moviegoers close their eyes during gory battle scenes and open them again only once the whine of the bullets stops rattling in their ears. War is hell, as the common aphorism goes, and the pain of war is equally hellish. Most individuals naturally accept this conclusion despite never experiencing war themselves. Without enduring the actual pain of war injuries, individuals still argue the importance war and its miseries. Individuals rely on media and entertainment for education about the suffering and evils of war. Writers provide an acute sense of a soldier’s physical and mental

Not every man who 's fought in a war planned on doing so. In fact, not all of them even want to. It 's rare to find enough people voluntarily willing to lay down their lives for their country, so more often than not militaries used what we would call “citizen soldiers.” Citizen soldiers are exactly what they sound like, regular citizens taken from society and turned into people capable of serving in the military. Although it may seem obvious when plainly written out, citizen soldiers had vastly different experiences compared to career soldiers, and Stephen Ambrose attempted to pin down that specific experience in his book Citizen Soldier. Ambrose uses oral interviews from World War II veterans and other materials to explain the experiences of the common American soldier who served in WWII between D-Day and the eventual surrender of the German forces. However, when examining his book, it 's important to ask how successful Ambrose was in painting an accurate picture of this kind of soldier 's life during his service. Is the information he uses specific to the men who served in Europe, or can it also be linked back to the soldiers in the Pacific? This paper will evaluate his work by comparing it to oral interviews from WWII veterans both from the same areas that Ambrose 's veterans serve in and in locations not included in his work.

However, Moore chooses to de-emphasize a few things. Such as how he went to school while his soldiers went to fight, and that he got into trouble when he was younger. All he says is how he lacked the combat tour patch, he often thought about his soldiers fighting, and that he caused trouble when he was young so his mother threatened to send him to military school. Despite this avoidance, Moore is still convincing. As Moe tells his own story, he builds his ethos or personal credibility. The listener knows Moore is knowledgeable in the subject of veterans because he is a veteran. Moore also uses the emotional appeal to cause his audience to think deeper and to take action. Here, Moore tells the stories of two other veterans. One veteran, Taylor Urruela, who lost his leg, but still tries to achieve both of his dreams and creates a group called VETSports. The other veteran Moore tells a story about is Tammy Duckworth. She is an ex-helicopter pilot, who lost both of her legs while serving, and now is a congresswoman who advocates for veteran’s issues. Both stories are powerful as they both give perspective on what a veteran has gone through while serving. That perspective is not one an average American knows or has for themselves, which causes the listener to think deeper about veterans, their experiences, and what “thank you for your service”

Growing up, many young boys idolized the war heroes in movies such as Saving Private Ryan and American Sniper. However, the glorified heroism that is depicted in these films is far from the reality that is war. A more realistic rendition of war is seen in Tim O’Brien’s short story, The Things They Carried. Throughout the story, O’Brien uses metafictional characters to portray the physical and emotional burdens carried by American soldiers who were forced to conform to societal expectations upon being drafted for the Vietnam War. The literary elements O’Brien uses throughout the story to convey this theme are symbolism, imagery, tone, and inner conflict of the protagonist.

Epic war stories can be found in movies, books, and tv productions across the world, but many of the best wells of narrative mastery yet remain untapped by Hollywood film industry The Meridian Magazine article “Captain Moroni Epic Coming to Hollywood?” by Jonathan Decker uses parallelism and informative pathos to inspire funds for a kickstarter campaign which will generate funds necessary to pay for a period-action, war film-short that has the potential to reawaken a spirit of liberty and freedom across the world.

For this visual narrative, I decided to ask a man who lived down our street his life story. The story line follows his life from being a small child in Scotland to being a 73 year old man that lives in Canberra. I chose to interview and portray Joes life story because i found that his story of being a poor child who had nothing who worked his butt of the better the lives of himself and others quite compelling. But the one thing that I find most compelling is how the army and war have had such a dramatic impact upon his life. This can be seen when his father is killed by the Germans during WW2, being born in an air raid, fighting for Australia in Vietnam and even his Antartic voyages to conduct research on the area. I aim to show