Dameyton Farquar Analysis

“It requires no sophisticated psychological training,” he says. “Just form groups under a fellow squad or platoon member who has had a few days of group leadership training and encourage people to talk” (Marlantes, 32). Later, he goes into the importance of care when it comes to these fighting men, because most of them are very young. He points out “politicians and generals need to see these kids as their weapons and use them with care and consciousness” (Marlantes, 42). Later he expresses an extremely important belief that these young soldiers, most of whom are eighteen years old, must be assisted to find a healthy way to grieve over the things they had to do to survive. He never judges them for their actions. He was them. Throughout the entire chapter he makes the case for why this violence was necessary, but he uses that to bring the point home that while violence in combat is unavoidable, so is the sadness that accompanies

The fires of “combat frenzy” were quickly doused, however, as the war extended long past expectations and more and more men realized the horrors of combat during that time. Many letters used by McPherson, express soldier’s absolute terror after their first engagement. After “seeing the elephant” for the first time, few men had any desire to see it ever again. However, even with the sentiments of fear of combat, many soldiers stood strong, ready to continue the fight on to victory. Some wavered, but more replaced them as the war prolonged into 1863 and 1864.

In the novel All Quiet on the Western Front, author Erich Maria Remarque adopts an exemplary use of diction and emotion to describe a critical moment in the life of the protagonist, Paul Bäumer, as he ends the life of the French soldier Gérard Duval. On a “patrol… sent out to discover just how strongly the enemy position is manned” (209), Paul dives into a shell hole for refuge from the lead storm above. Trapped, an alarmed Paul is forced to stay in the hole for an extended period of time as “minute after minute trickles away” (217), all the while fearfully attempting to escape. When the enemy troops begin to attack, Paul plans what he might do in advance in the event of one of them falling in the hole and finding him. He ultimately decides to pull his knife out as self-defense. When an enemy soldier stumbles and falls on top of him, without thinking and merely responding to survival instincts, Paul stabs the soldier. In that dire scene, Remarque depicts the entire perspective of war as it evolves for both the reader and the young Paul Bäumer. It is only until Paul (who represents the entirety of the armies) discovers what he has truly done as he kills and witnesses Gérard Duval’s life slowly drain from the pool of red on his chest, realizing that everybody is a human, much like himself.

At the beginning, he sets off for war with images of heroism and courage but is greeted during the first battle with fear and despair. To a point he runs from battle, this grief plagues him throughout the rest of the book, and he only overcomes it after the final battle is over and he has proven to be a veteran soldier.

When an author writes a story, one will introduce, analyze, and describe a character in a way that pertains to his or her personal style. Often times, a character’s personal attributes and distinctive qualities are represented at the beginning of the plot line. O’Brien’s use of characterization especially that of Jimmy Cross, forces the reader to analyze the text in depth, so that many other observations can be made. Characterization is an important part of this passage because it forces the reader to critically think about the struggles that these men are facing. This is important because it truly depicts the mindset of the soldiers during war.

O’Brien states, “The big soldier hissed at him to shut up, but he could not stop giggling and remembering the hot afternoon, and poor Billy Boy… and how a little while later poor Billy Boy stepped on the mine, and how it made a tiny little sound-poof and how Billy Boy stood there with his mouth wide-open, looking down at where his foot had been blown off, and how finally Billy Boy sat down very casually, not saying a word, with his foot lying behind him, most of it in the boot” (O’Brien 8). This passage illustrates that Paul Berlin becomes emotionally numb due to the fact that he tries very hard to stay calm while in the war. Berlin tries many methods to keep calm and not die shamefully from a heart attack like Billy Boy does. The reader is able to visualize Billy Boy getting his foot blown off by a mine and Berlin not being able to control his laughing in what should be a serious situation. This evokes a sense of terror in the readers because Tim O’Brien’s use of imagery makes them feel as if they are apart of the scene with Paul Berlin and Billy Boy. In addition, the author writes, “He turned away and Private First Class Paul Berlin hurried after him. He was still shivering. He would do better once he reached the sea, he

Bierce describes how Farquhar feels after his escape in great detail. After Farquhar falls through the bridge Bierce states, “These pains appeared to flash along well-defined lines of ramification, and to beat with an inconceivably rapid periodicity. They seemed like streams of pulsating fire heating him to an intolerable temperature” (554). The way he describes the pain lets the reader know the pain Farquhar is feeling is intense and throbbing. Wilt writes, “Bierce enlisted as a private in Company C, Ninth Indiana Infantry in 1861, where he served until 1865” (Wilt, 261). During this period, he was involved in some of the bloodiest battles during the Civil War. Being a firsthand witness to the carnage of war, along with his journalism background, allows Bierce to describe pain in a way the reader can virtually see and feel what Farquhar is going through.

Baumer’s emotions and views change and adapt at various times throughout All Quiet on the Western Front. “Because of the horror of the war and the anxiety it induces, Paul, like other soldiers, learns to disconnect his mind from his feelings, keeping his emotions at bay to preserve his sanity and survive.” (SparkNotes)  Baumer learns to calm his mind and quiet his emotions to keep from mentally breaking. He does not even grieve when one of his comrades, Kemmerich, dies. Soon after his comrades death Paul reflected with sadness on how he has become cynical and empty.

The story does well in manipulating a reader's way of thinking there are moments that will people thinking one thing is going to happen, but then it is later revealed the opposite, or nothing at all occurs. Evidence of such is when Peyton Fahrquhar is visited by a supposed Confederate soldier that seem to be friendly until later on readers find out the soldier was actually from the Union army. Such evidence is hinted when the author is showing the readers the last thing Peyton remembers before he was on the bridge. The story shows ” One evening Farquhar and his wife were sitting on a rusty bench near the entrance to his grounds, a gray-clad soldier rode up the gate asking for a drink of water” ( Bierce 2). Later on, in that same paragraph readers will notice that the soldier was giving Peyton pretty valuable information a typical soldier does not tell a civilian. With what is shown goes on par with the idea of the tone and the theme due to the fact that the average reader at first would fall for such a fake identity just to be surprised at who arrested Peyton.

To conclude, Mark Knopfler did a better job of conveying the sentiment of the war because he added more emotional feelings such as “death will be a sweet release” and “save my soul from evil, Lord.” Which gave me a moment to put myself in the soldier’s shoes and feel the emotions that came over them. Even though Knopfler was not ever involved in any wars first hand, I got the impression that he is very touched by the experiences that he has heard of by

Emotionally the soldiers went off to work feeling unbeatable with a strong nationalistic pride. However, they soon realized that all their emotions would not be able to conqueror the evils the war had to offer. One of the most horrific memories for Jean was when he spoke about the different type of corpse he saw while they were on their way to another town. They had crouched down on their knees under a pile of debris. When they got up they saw a decapitated head of a soldier who probably died days ago. Jean is shaken up by this horrific site by saying that when he looked at the man’s face he could fell like the man was blaming him for his death. He reminisces on all the horrific events emotionally that left him scarred, however, he goes on to say that this was the “most horrible impression” that he could take away from the war front. Jean later goes on to describe the agony and numerous positions where the corpse would lay. Personally, as the reader, I could really fell the suffering of the dying soldiers when Jean describes the “glass eyes and twisted mouths” of the dead bodies in the trench”. This evidence took a toll on Jean because he leaves the scene in disgust and without hope of a return home.

These pictures are slightly something that is tricky to portray and to characterize because it never closes. It is like the war, in light of the fact that it is so terrible it couldn't be possible portray definitely. Amid the war, there is no sureness, and the ordinary human qualities don't number any longer. There is likewise analyze between the officers who kicked the bucket on the front line with all the blood, the bodies, and the emotional workmanship. On the other side the warriors who kicked the bucket noticeable all around ("The War noticeable all around") and battled without anyone else's input and there is just blankness and no one has seen or heard something.

When the action finally begins, there is a sense of tension and frustration among the men and the officers. Orders are never clear, and are usually contradictory and confusing. The battalions are constantly made to risk their lives on small outings and missions to capture trenches that have no real purpose. This generally results in needless fatalities and injuries. George and his fellow officers know they are frequently being forced to go on suicide missions, but they are powerless to do anything about it.They just accept that they are part of the war and have to play their role just like everyone else. It is fascinating how Sassoon portrays the almost fatalistic attitude of the men; for many there was no sense of anger at the position they

Farnsworth attested in chapter one of “While Hearted Integration”, that psychology should be made less experimental and more Christian (Farnsworth, “Psychology”, 1985). In the aid of such beliefs, Farnsworth identified that he supported the radical correctives and alternative methods for studying people, but he however, despite the support of far-reaching methods, maintained that an adherence of congruity between the implementation of psychological research methods and Christianity be upheld (Farnsworth, “Psychology”, 1985). In light of this notion, he petitioned the psychological community with the conviction that psychology needed to be restructured, reinterpreted, and rehabilitated, as it was seriously disjointed and in need of fundamental

To begin with, Crane uses visual imagery particularly to elucidate the consequences of the brutal war and to incorporate the theme of warfare. When the protagonist, Henry Fleming is amidst battle and encounters his fellow comrade dreadfully mutilated and in a dire situation," thrashing about in the grass, twisting his body into many strange postures [and]... screaming loudly" (Stephen Crane, 99). This corroborates that warfare can only bring gory chaos and does not display chivalry. A further instance where Henry experiences macabre is when he sees another one of his comrade's mouth pulverized into "a pulsing mass of blood and teeth" (Crane, 125-26). This demonstrates the grotesque concomitant of warfare.