Similarities Between 'Sense8 And Cloud Atlas'

“Everybody get down!!!” He freezes for a second and then it suddenly strikes him--his heart beats almost out of his chest, and his hands are shaking uncontrollably; this is war. This is Vietnam, a cruel war between the Americans and Vietnamese that takes place in a jungle. War is undoubtedly frightening and may seem like the number one threat for the soldiers, but it is not; it is not remotely close. The true threat at a time of war, especially in a place such as Vietnam is isolation. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien illustrates the danger of isolation and why it is the greatest danger in Vietnam. Soldiers are aware that they are detached from society; this continuously haunts them, and as a result, they damage themselves emotionally.

"You just don 't know," she said. "You hide in this little fortress, behind wire and sandbags, and you don 't know what it 's all about. Sometimes I want to eat this place. Vietnam. I want to swallow the whole country—the dirt, the death—I just want to eat it and have it there inside me. That 's how I feel. It 's like . . . this appetite. I get scared sometimes—lots of times—but it 's not bad. You know? I feel close to myself. When I 'm out there at night, I feel close to my own body, I can feel my blood moving, my skin and my fingernails, everything, it 's like I 'm full of electricity and I 'm glowing in the dark—I 'm on fire almost—I 'm burning away into nothing—but it doesn 't matter because I know exactly who I am. You can 't feel like that anywhere else."” (O’ Brien 80-81). Tim O’ Brien shows how being in contact with the war can change a person so pure and innocent to a person who isn’t in connection with themselves and is forever trapped inside their own mind. Also it shows how the people who can’t handle the rough environment of war can have a terrible reaction and loose themselves. He also shows how the war changes you mentally making it hard for you to tell if the is the real you or just a persona you took when you couldn’t handle it anymore and needed to mask your broken soul.

From the time they are children, these people learn the holiness of “we”—that the only good is the good for all, that solitary man is evil. Each day, they stand and recite the mantra, “We are nothing. Mankind is all. We exist through, by, and for our brothers who are the State.” Their entire adult lives are governed by a system of

In “Unsung Ordinary Men” Max Butler spent over three years in horrific prisoner of war camps. These places he spent three years of his life and his connection to these places like the Thai-Burma Railway Camp influences the perception of not belonging. “Some have never fired or held a rifle…it was the same sense of shock spreading through them all.” In literal sense Max Butler his connection to this place perceives our perception of not belonging as his choice of language perceives the implication that he does not belong. Max’s connection to this place influenced a perception of not belonging. Connections to places often influence whether perceptions are of belonging or not belonging. World War One for Max Butler was perceived as not belonging at this stage. This text also deals with the perception of belonging being influenced by place. The use of language is used in this text is important on how perceptions of belonging and not belonging is influenced by connections to places.

In “The Things They Carried” by Tim O’Brien, the man is drafted into the Vietnam War where he faces many obstacles mentally and physically. The characters are heavily impacted by the war’s power and try to find ways within themselves to escape its brutality. The author uses language and character’s reactions to their inner conflicts to illustrate the mental stresses that arise in war.

Post-traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, affects the minds of humans after a horrid event. Humans that are at war are mostly affected by PTSD. Especially children soldiers that are not exposed to most of life are heavily affected by PTSD. Due to the surroundings of one’s mind, humans have the possibility to change who they are and their actions. A representation of Zimbardo and the Stanford Prison Experiment is Kanei in A Long Way Gone. Kanie’s actions mirror the philosophy of Zimbardo. Similar to Zimbardo, the memoir that humans are affected by the environment and accommodate to it.

Many people desire to get something, and they fight each other to win their desire. They consider each other their enemies and do whatever it takes to be better than one another. When the enemies need help for same problem, they unite themselves to solve the problem. The short story “The Interlopers” by Saki is about unification and reveals how enemies become allies in harsh situations.

The Mental Aftermath Thrown into a war, they didn’t chose, many young men came home with a different mentality. In the book The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien, Tim tells about how the Vietnam war affected many young soldiers. From a young medic with a collection of comic books to a leader, a young man named Cross, and young Azar who blows up a puppy. Everyone in the platoon has their story of how their mind changed. But all these characters were normal young men, until they came to Vietnam, where they faced multiple challenges which affected their post war mental stability.

It is often difficult to relate to events that occur in the past, but if we can find similarities between the past and present, we can better understand history. Joseph Boyden, author of the novel Three Day Road, examines the similarities between the present and past through a first person narrative of two indigenous soldiers in World War One. The events that the two soldiers experience are the same as today’s soldiers, and it also affects them in a similar manner. The emotional and physical effects of war on soldiers make Three Day Road pertinent to the present time and circumstance.

The US soldier at this stage suffers questions one humanity and begins to completely break away and lose sanity.

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As the pilot continues, there are some good plotlines, but there’s simply not enough anticipation, suspense, tension, and/or romance. The pilot relies a bit too much on dialogue.

As each subjugated victim vanishes, family and friends mourn their loss; however, over time, memories of them and the circumstances surrounding their disappearances slowly fade. Continuing to seal their fates to this very day, tragedy abounds amidst a series

To sum up, this novel narrates the journey of a soldier throughout the war in Iraq and his mind altering experience. The war represents a major downfall in his life in which he encounters many graphic scenes. Even though John describes his experiences in the war as a

Many are lost on the road to freedom and a world of reality. There is much anguish and suffering due to external and internal betrayal of the population as they seek victory against the machines. Even as all seems lost, and loved ones sacrificed, the insurgents never lose hope that they will affect change. The more it seems they are beaten, the harder and stronger they fight. As this war for freedom continues, it leaves little time, or inclination, for tranquil moments of spirituality and transcendence. So these underdogs put their faith in something more human and mystical.