Perseverance In Ww1

Hillenbrand aims the story towards anyone with a military backgroud or someone who is fond military survival stories. Hillenbrand references many WWII figures, places, techniques, or objects that people without knowledge of WWII or wars in general may not understand. This book could also be intended for anyone who is looking to gain determination or hope of their

The Courage and Strength in All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque

Surviving the war was not a matter of intelligently planned decisions, but a series of reactions triggered by primal instincts. The animal instincts within strong soldiers inhibited

In this scene from the memoir Night (1956), author Elie Wiesel talks about his journey to the concentration camp of Buchenwald. During this journey, the other Jews begin to fight over pieces of bread in hopes of surviving. The prisoners begin to fight to the death over the bread pieces and soon many are injured or dead. This passage allows Wiesel to demonstrate that as all hope is lost, the loss of innocence causes people to resort to savagery in hopes of surviving.

There are many heroes in this novel, Stanislaus Katczinsky (Kat) is one of them. Kat is a normal forty years old soldier who helps others because of his kind nature and true leadership. He provides food for the soldiers when it’s most scarce. When the group of soldiers land on an unknown spot and there is no food, Kat takes in charge and goes look for some. “ We[Paul] are dozing off when the door opens and Kat appears. I think I must be dreaming; he has two loaves of bread under his arm and a blood-stained sand bag full of horse-flesh in his hand.” ( Page 39) In a situation of getting bombed and shot at, Kat tries to lighten up the mode. “ It’s good Kat is there. He[Kat] gazes thoughtfully at the front and says: ‘Mighty fine fireworks if they weren’t so dangerous.’ ”(Page 60) Kat lifts the soldier's spirits when they are down, his presence and words provides a little bit of comfort just when others need it. Kat’s nature of heroism is caring for and helping others, while being a true leader. Standing up to a bully is another kind of heroism. Therefore when Paul, Kropp, Tjaden, Haie, and Muller taught Himmelstoss a lesson by beating him up, they became heroes to all the soldiers affected by Himmelstoss’s cruel actions. This group of boys had the courage to make a change for the better by standing up to a bully. They were described to be the “young heroes”(Page 50). No one on the German side was humane towards the prisoners of war, though Paul was the only one who shows compassion towards them. Instead of being cruel towards the defenseless prisoners, Paul helps them by providing some comfort by giving them some cigarettes. Being put in situations like those shown in the novel, these men show the best of themselves through their heroic actions. Regardless of who the person is or what side they fight on, this novel shows the nature of heroism is about the soldiers helping each other out when

Imagine you’re lying on the muddy, damp Earth and all around you can hear the screams of people you know dying. Shells explode, bullets race through the air, and poisonous gas seeps around you, all with the intent to harm you in some way. Yet, you willingly put yourself in that position day after day, year after year. The question surrounding this situation is, why? Who would be masochistic enough to choose to put their lives in danger and live in the most perilous environment possible? Two very different books give us insight into the thoughts of the soldiers who continuously put themselves in these environments. Your Death Would Be Mine by Martha Hanna and All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Remarque lets us into the minds of Paul Pireaud and Paul Baumer as they try to survive life as a soldier in the Great War. I argue that Pireaud and Baumer had very different reasons for continuing to fight despite having suffered beyond belief. In this paper I will analyze how the varying degrees of patriotism, brotherhood, family life at home, and age affected how these two men endured the treacherous life on the front of World War I.

Actions tested there ethical and moral values. After this point these soldiers have to cope with the cause and effect from their actions. Coping can cause mental illnesses, and addiction but also you can cope with these some things plus more things such as love, and mortality. This is the most important struggle that had to take care of for their survival. But why is this still relevant to today's society? Tim o’brien used many methods while writing this book to help the reader to understand the soldiers experiences and feelings throughout the war. These methods include imagery, repetition, hyperbole, metaphors, allusions, and many

After a prolonged 43 years of peace in Europe between the major powers, things went sour. Tensions between the major countries arose, and the peace was destroyed by one of the most brutal conflicts in the world’s history: “The Great War”. The main countries entered The First World War because they were motivated by four things: militarism, alliances, imperialism, and nationalism. Each of the major power countries will enter the war for one of these reasons.

The full-blooded Germans also showed cruelty to the prisoners. This is shown when “nearly everywhere, pieces of bread were being dropped into the wagons” (106). “The audience stared at these skeletons of men fighting one another to the death for a mouthful.” (106). Instead of intervening in the fights, they encouraged them to fight by continuing to throw more bread in the cattle cars. This proves that the Germans think of the prisoners more as entertainment than people nand do not care about how bad they are hurt when fighting for the

In both Battle Scars and All Quiet on the Western Front the soldiers haft to go through horrific physical wounds. One of these wounds are lost of limbs. When “Kemmerich” “lost his foot” none of his comrades dared to tell him

Those who were strong enough and were able to endure all the pain and heartache times were the only one allowed to live. No matter how bad the injury was you had to keep fighting. “We were no longer marching, we were running. Like automatons. The SS were running as well, weapons in hand. My foot was aching. I shivered with every step. Just a few more meters and it will be over. I'll fall.” Elie Wiesel was in much pain and weakness because of the surgery he had days before they had to evacuate. He had to run on that foot for several miles in snow or else he dies. With extraordinary amount of pain Elie Wiesel was focused on surviving and carrying himself to stay alive, but by doing that you aren’t well aware of the details that is happening with the current situations. There are many reasons why we could forget or lose memory of certain experiences, but experiencing a horrific event like this you must tend to forget about the situations that has happened to

Through showing the dark and devastating experiences of the Jews during the holocaust, the emotional appeal the reader experiences is increased. As Anthony Acevedo describes, “... his fellow soldiers beaten, starved, and in some cases executed for trying to escape. Forced to dig tunnels for 12 hours a day in the final weeks of the war, the prisoners were given 100 grams of bread per week and soup made from rats.” (1). While Wiesel in a speech said, “When adults wage war, children perish. We see their faces, their eyes. Do we hear their pleas? Do we feel their pain, their agony? Every minute one of them dies…” (217). Through implementing the theme of inhumanity into an emotional appeal, Elie Wiesel allows the reader to feel as though they were in that situation in a diminished manner. The following quotes, exhibits the theme of inhumanity through the use of different punishment methods against prisoners and the effects.

In the opening remarks of the first chapter, Ernst Junger describes the idealistic origins of many of the soldiers called to action. Most of the soldiers drafted into the war were students and factory workers, all of whom lived a fairly sheltered life beforehand. Being drafted was seen as the adventure of a lifetime. They “shared a yearning for danger, for the experience of the extraordinary.” Much like his comrades, Junger had the same sense of adventure, seeing the war as merely a new challenge to conquer. After his first real experience with war however, his enthusiasm is quickly dashed. The harsh reality set in that this war was not, in fact, an adventure. Junger and the former schoolboys and craftsmen quickly learned that life in the trenches was a challenge of endurance. As the war persists, reality slowly sets in and Junger learns the true violent nature of the war and the constant threat of imminent danger through which he must persevere. Ernst Junger’s accounts in the memoir Storm of Steel show the reality of a soldier in World War I and the taxation of enduring such great trauma.

Referring to the Battle of Stalingrad, one soldier wrote, “But what is death in reality here? Here they croak, starve to death, freeze to death-it's nothing but a biological fact like eating and drinking. They drop like flies; nobody cares and nobody buries them,” (Schneider 344) making sense of the severe conditions and its effect on German soldiers in Stalingrad.

The next morning, things are all calm again and a group of old people are praying quietly. This is a