In “In Another Country” and the interview with Iraq war veteran, Kevin Powers, there are many comparisons and contrasts. From the way deal with loss from the war, fitting in when they return, and how and what kind of help they get. Some differences are, anxiety with returning home and the wounds they may suffer from. A big comparison of both “In Another Country” and the interview with Kevin, is that they both felt a feeling of not being able to fit in. The narrator in the short story felt as if he were below the other soldiers, even though they had the same medals, because they had actually made accomplishments to get their medals while he only got them because he was an American. Kevin felt like he didn’t fit when he returned home because
“Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemingway and “Speaking of Courage” by Tim O’Brien both address the difficulties faced by veterans returning from war. Krebs and Norman Bowker both have endured trauma, and have many similarities in their experiences once they’ve returned to their hometowns. Both have a dissociated view of their own lives, as well as the lives of those around them, lack an outlet, and have endured trauma in their time at war. However, the two also have some differences. Krebs lacks any sort of emotion, whereas Bowker has too much bottled inside.
In the story “Redeployment by Phil Klay, the narrator was deployed in Iraq for a period of 7 months, during the deployment, he sees many dark stuffs and done many. As result of these events, the narrator is impacted in many ways. The experience of war transforms his views on a normal social life in america, therefore makes his readaptation to society challenging.
The soldiers can never fully belong in Vietnam, because they are on enemy territory, only truly belonging on American soil. The soldier’s hardship about finding their own individuality in a foreign country, is based on the idea of
1. Atticus and his sister disagree on many things, mostly the treatment of colored people and how important the reputation of the finch family is. Alexandra believe that she is above colored people, especially Calpurnia and that Atticus shouldn’t let his children go to church her because it’s a disgrace to their family. Atticus believe that colored people deserve the same amount of respect as white people and that Calpurnia is a member of the finch family and should be treated like one.
The Things They Carried written by Tim O’Brien and Baghdad Express written by Joel Turnipseed offer first hand accounts on two very different wars, yet the inner workings and consequences of the two are eerily similar. They both emphasize the consequences in which men face whom engaged in combat overseas during both the Vietnam War and the Gulf War. Both O’Brien and Turnipseed offer insight into not only the physical burdens in which these men carried throughout the war, but also the emotional grievances in which they could not escape. The books offer another aspect of the war in which greatly affected both the authors, this being the portrayl that isolation from one’s peers invoked fear both during combat and the aftermath that it leaves after the wars have ended. While the writing styles of the two authors differ tremendously these two themes are apparent in the dialogue of the text showing great consequences for the men who fought in both conflicts, conclusively showing the great costs for a man to go to war.
Imagine one day you receive a mail from the government that you been draft to go a war at a different country. How would you feel if you know that purpose of this war is unreasonable in any senses? Angry, anxious or even confused. Vietnam War was “a personal failure on a national scale” (Hochgesang). There are many videos, documents and movies about the Vietnam War that show different angles of the Vietnam veterans’ experience and how the war really changes their life. In “The Things They Carried” written by Tim O’Brien, he argues about how the Vietnam War affect the soldiers in many ways, not only physically, but more important is the psychological effects before, during and after the war.
Young men who are sent to a war learn the reality in a very harsh and brutal way. Both the stories, ‘The Red Convertible’ and ‘The Things They Carried’ portray the life of a young soldier and how he psychologically gets affected from all the things he had seen in the war. Tim O’Brien’s ‘The Things They Carried,’ is more specific on the experiences of a soldier during a war where as Karen Louise Erdrich focuses more on describing the post war traumatic stress in her short story ‘The Red Convertible’. One thing similar in both the narrations is the Vietnam War and its consequences on the soldiers. From the background of both the authors it’s easy to conclude that Tim O’Brien being a war veteran emphasizes more on the
Wars are a difficult place to be. “THE VIETNAM WAR transformed a generation” (Roberts 1). With all that happened during the war such as exposure to
America is well known and hated across the globe for its involvement in foreign conflicts and affairs. The self proclaimed police of the world, America often goes too far when it comes to its involvement overseas. Many times the outcomes of these conflicts is overlooked and the effect it will have on america and other countries. Often times the American news media and politicians will claim that America 's goal is to bring freedom and liberty to other countries. However, this is a ploy to get the public on board and in reality war is used to make politicians and corporations richer. Tim O’Brien experienced this firsthand when he was shipped off to Vietnam in 1969. When he came back he finished his education at Harvard and was inspired to write a memoir about his experiences. “If I Die in a Combat Zone Box Me Up and Ship Me Home” tells his story as a foot soldier and the effects it had on himself and other soldiers physically, emotionally, and mentally. The books starts with O’Brien as a child playing war games and then moves to when he was drafted. In the bootcamp O’Brien had contemplated deserting but ultimately decided not to so that his family would not be disgraced. He was then sent off to Vietnam where he was placed in the Alpha company. O’Brien talks about things like his involvement in ambushes to his interactions with locals. With this piece O’Brien was trying to show the horrors of war and and how it affected the soldiers sent to fight in
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.
A “Soldier’s Home” by Ernest Hemmingway is an intriguing story about a man by the name of Krebs who enlists in the Marine Corps during his attendance at a Methodist college in Kansas. After serving for two years at the Rhine, he returned with the second division in 1919 but Krebs wasn’t in the same state of mind as before he left. The reason why Krebs was so distraught when he returned home was not because of the fact that no one wanted to listen to his war stories but because him and other soldiers were without any real benefits such as medical, education, extra remuneration, or anything to help him get back into the real world. This reason stated is the reason that Krebs and soldiers alike came home from war with nothing to show for
The embryonic stage begins on the third week after conception and lasts until the eighth week after conception. It is during this third week that the embryo begins to develop a neural tube, which will then become the spinal column and brain. Some cells are unique in that they come together to form neural progenitor cells, which then duplicate several times until some produce neurons. Other structures that begin to form in the third week are the digestive system and circulatory system. During the fourth week structures such as the head, eyes, nose, ears, and mouth begin to take shape. In addition, the heart continues to develop and starts to produce a beat. By week five, tiny outgrowths that will transform into arms and legs, start to appear. Shortly after, the arms, hands, legs, and feet all begin to grow and around 53 days after conception, the fingers and toes separate.
This happens in real life and it’s important to help people understand it. One of the best examples is Barnes who goes completely out of his mind with power and trying to constantly be in control. One similarity that stuck out was that they both have the cruel and inhuman village raids. These were honestly hard for me to watch in Platoon. Although I support the military, I personally hate war, so seeing people die for no real reason is hard for me. Platoon shows American soldiers mercilessly killing people and burning a village. They also both describe the awful conditions in Vietnam. Horrible heat, scary noises, and lots of bugs are all described in the novel and in the book. He made it very easy for you to visualize and almost put yourself in their shoes in
Upon returning home the soldiers meet a field of new troubles that come with acclimation to society after fighting. Many soldiers come home with skills that are not applicable to their lives and generally a much deeper understanding of what they believe the world consists of. This leads to much disillusion with the world they come back to. In both Ernest Hemingway and Tim O’Brien’s stories, soldiers meet with disillusionment and disconnect from society. The soldiers react in different ways to this feeling; the authors use diction, sentence structure, and figurative language to demonstrate their troubles with acclimation.
Tim O’Brien tells the story of him and his platoon in Vietnam as well as a little about what each had experienced before and after the war. He tells each story in different way to elaborate on different things that happened around the same time. This complicated method emphasizes how he and each of his platoon member felt together while in Nam.It may jump from tale to tale in the stroy, but it has a clear message. In the story The Things They Carried O’Brien explains in different ways about being away from home can cause dramatic changes to someone in an alienating or a beneficial way.