Christopher Madeleinwachter Analysis

Mr. Junger, considered an American journalist that became best known for his novels based on true events, speaks about the harsh days he had to live over at the Korengal Valley of Afghanistan. In “Combat High” he takes us into a war zone so we can know why these men change after the war, he also allows us . He illustrates us how a soldier lives and some of the things that they have to go through. Mr. Junger impels us with some examples he in flesh and bones witnessed, like when he said in his passage “…the United States had put them on a hilltop without woman, hot food, running water, communication with the outside world or any kind of entertainment for more than a year. Not that the men were complaining, but that sort of thing has consequences.” Mr. Junger also indicates some of their thoughts , some of the things that crossed the minds of those devastated human beings.

In this story, O’Brien tells how soldiers carried around their love even during the war. He also tells of the love soldiers lost when they chose the war. They temporarily separate from their loved ones and families. For instance, he tells how Lieutenant Jimmy regularly discusses his love for Martha. He constantly carries her love letters and a beautiful pebble that she gave him. He was so deeply in love with Martha that sometimes he forgot his men. O’Brien deeply thinks of his family back in United States of America and sometimes takes time alone because of that. The story illustrates the loving attitude that the author developed when back in his home country

Illumination Rounds offers the perfect template to teach my CO about poetry. With its cache of poetic devices such as imagery, hyperbole, conflict, and symbols, Brian Turner attempts to portray a veteran’s experience after coming home from deployment. In especially memorable moments throughout the poem, the poetic devices’ relation to the content of the poem forms embodied meaning and brings light to the 21st century veterans’ war experiences to show the long lasting effect of post-traumatic stress disorder caused by the Iraqi War.

Although the concepts of love and war seemingly consist of very contrasting aspects, the horror of war forms fraternal love and camaraderie. This is demonstrated through the Persian Gulf war poem ‘Beach Burial’ by Kenneth Slessor, where war and death is seen as agonizing and traumatic but also as a chance to come together. At first, the brutality and destructiveness of war is exhibited in the irony, ‘The convoys of dead sailors come,’ describing the soldiers as if they were ships in a fleet to reflect on how war affects individuals’ lives. This powerful line epitomises how you must love something enough to be prepared to die for it. The feeling of patriotism and fellowship indicates how love and war, however paradoxical, are intertwined with

Since the beginning of time, humans have sought after power and control. It is human instinct to desire to be the undisputed champion, but when does it become a problem? Warfare has been practiced throughout civilization as a way to justify power. Though the orders come directly from one man, thousands of men and women pay the ultimate sacrifice. In Randall Jerrell’s “The Death of a Ball Turret Gunner”, Jarrell is commenting on the brutality of warfare. Not only does Jarrell address the tragedies of war, he also blames politics, war leaders, and the soldier’s acknowledgement of his duties. (Hill 6) With only five lines of text, his poems allows the reader to understand what a soldier can go through. With the use of Jerrell’s poem, The Vietnam War, and Brian Turner’s “Ameriki Jundee”, the truth of combat will be revealed.

The typical country does not approve of citizens killing other beings, and yet the typical country approves of war. War is the term for legalized mass murdering that is organized being that not all countries can simply live in harmony with one another. Like most horrible things, it causes more problems than it solves. The effects of this glorified engagement are demonstrated and analyzed within the novels Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo and Born on the Fourth of July by Ron Kovic. These two novels are the stories of two soldiers who went into two different wars that caused them to deal with great change that would alter their lives forever. Even though these novels accentuate the concept of soldier’s overcoming obstacles, they moreso focus on the adversity of saying goodbye, isolation, and sacrifice that many soldiers must deal with.

Last week, I went to the Veteran’s day reading. This event was divided into two sections: one of prose readings and another of poetry readings. All stories were interesting, emotional, and astonishing. One of the readings that truly impacted me was a prose read by a woman about his husband. She mentioned that she got married before his husband went to war once again; she shared how scared she was about her husband leaving to war and how her husband told her that everything was going to be fine. Later, she received the horrible notice, saying that her husband had been a good soldier, and that he had died as a hero. This prose was, in my opinion, outstanding and touching since she reflected her love for her husband and her pain for his decease.

“Fire, bullets, death” that’s everything I saw when I was in Afghanistan. I open my eyes, i’m at work again, but, everytime I close my eyes I see all the tragedies that happen over there. Before war everyone use to tell me, “Jeff don’t be too shy” or if not “Jeff you are so loveable and friendly with everyone.” Brandon Wallace was my best friend since childhood, he even went to war with me. Then there's, my lovely wife, Nicole Sebastian, she is the most beautiful woman I have ever met. I was in my senior year in high school when army men came to my school and ask for recruiters for war. At that moment I asked myself, “what am I going to do after high school? Am I going to survive in war? Should I enter myself in this situation?” After all, I out my name down, my heart was pounding, my breath was hard, I knew there wasn’t no turning back. When I got home

My reaction to this short story was one of sadness and fear. My husband is a soldier in the U.S. Army, and this short story resonates very personally with me. I hear war stories all time; from my husband, from his friends, and from the other Army wives. O’Brien’s stories and experiences remind me of all the other sad and horrific stories that I have heard. But what is even sadder is that those not

How can soldiers fighting in war keep their love for family, or a special someone alive? Truthfully, the feelings of the love they shared stay in war times, but the physical proof of their love gets carried in photographs or small meaningful items. Sometimes, their love burns brightly through letters between each other, to move aside the fear of death, and having to move on to another lover. However, when a soldier remains away from their family or special someone for an extended period, they have to accept a new type of love from their fellow platoon mates where the goal of their love is to keep themselves and others alive. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien greatly examines the theme of love, specifically the extent of each soldier’s

When the task at hand is to conceptualize and elucidate the miraculous nature of what normally cannot be described by the physical senses, the essence of nature and being itself will be revealed through intense reflection and analogizing. After careful analysis of some of Erich
 Przywara’s works in Analogia Entis, Metaphysics: Original
Structure and Universal
Rhythm, the tools acquired to grapple with this type of difficult metaphysical contemplation ensure that mere mortals are even capable of such thought. Przywara raises an interesting issue in particular in his writings about philosophy and theology synchronizing in a mutual cohabitation. This is to say that to understand certain aspects of the divine, one matter of study does not trump

Tim O’Brien has shown repeatedly in this story that grief is the one thing that is the hardest to carry for any person. It stays with you and will sometimes cause you even more grief. This story shines a very bright light on what was happening to the soldier when they are not in combat, and how their very emotions can eat away with them. “It was very sad, he thought. The things men carried inside. The things men did or felt they had to do” (482), you can see through these final thoughts of Jimmy’s that he truly thinks that there is no way for any of them to let go of the emotions that they must carry every

Its story has touched countless people and will continue to do so. We have been invited by the World War I Centennial Commission and the Library of Congress to perform again in Washington this coming year. I have been a part of every performance of Remembrance that has happened these last four years. The story’s truth and honor has impacted the way I view military service and war. Because of my participation in this show, I have been given an understanding and appreciation for those men and women in service who fight daily for my

The first aspect of the poem that caught my attention was how reflective and nostalgic the soldier portrayed himself. One prime example of this occurring is when the soldier states, “Her sights and sounds; dreams happy as her day;” (12). Here, he is referring to how much pleasure he had in the presence of his homeland, and his desire to go back. Additionally, it is evident that the soldier is longing to return home when

This memoir was written for the main reason of Junger being interested in Americans in Afghanistan. He was interested in what it was like to serve in a platoon of combat infantry in the