Many peoples’ nature and function of love are totally different in many confusing ways. However, one might consider love as the center of understanding one another and how to function and build each other as a whole. Nature of love involve the surroundings and how a couple uses their adaptability to find comfort in their relationship. Many people use their surroundings to help their relationship or use their surroundings that can be detrimental to their relationship. Most peoples’ function of love are different from others. Others have to deal with a lot far as separation due to violence, cheating, divorces etc… However, throughout the novel Sorrow of War, Kien suffered from his love, loss of innocence, and his anguish at the memories of war.
For this review I choose a book called “The Sorrow of War”, which was written by Bao Ninh. Ninh fought for the North Vietnam during the Vietnam War, and recounts his time as soldier. He served in the 27th Youth Brigrade in 1969 when he was 17. Ninh was one of only 10 soldiers in the brigade that survived the war. From just before the war started to the end, and all of his experiences throughout the war. Instead of using his own name to tell about his experiences he used a character named Kien. During the time it was
Throughout the history of the world, war has been prevalent. Sometimes necessary, sometimes not, war ruins countries, governments, communities, and families. War used to make heroes, legends of the battlefield; romanticized through time. Stories of knights and great battles of the past have a tendency to be portrayed as honorable, courageous duals. Ever since the Civil War in the mid-1800s, the view on war and the men and women who fought in them have been receiving a more realistic point of view. There are still heroes and great battles but they are far less romanticized. The story has begun to change for the men and women involved in wars. The nature of war is gruesome, violent, and pure death. The things people see in a war zone takes
Individuals everywhere grimace at war. Images of the strike of the gun, the burst of the bombs, and the clash of the soldiers all elicit a wince and a shiver. Moviegoers close their eyes during gory battle scenes and open them again only once the whine of the bullets stops rattling in their ears. War is hell, as the common aphorism goes, and the pain of war is equally hellish. Most individuals naturally accept this conclusion despite never experiencing war themselves. Without enduring the actual pain of war injuries, individuals still argue the importance war and its miseries. Individuals rely on media and entertainment for education about the suffering and evils of war. Writers provide an acute sense of a soldier’s physical and mental
The new warfare of the Europeans was a large defect to the Mourning Wars, however it was not the leading factor that diminished this ritual along with majority of the population of Native Americans. Disease was the primary murderer of the Indians. Once the Europeans initiated the Columbian exchange, which brought various goods and livestock over to the Americas, their epidemic diseases came too. The Native Americans never had to deal with or experience an epidemic disease and that is why they were hit so hard. Since the smallpox was an indirect agent there was no direct murderer. There was no one to place the blame on in order to capture for the Mourning Wars. This made capturing people much more difficult for the Indians because sometimes they did it without being prompted by any opposing tribe or colony. The other and primary issue was the rate at which the Indians were being killed at
Suffering is something everyone has to deal with, but what we become from it changes us.The definition of suffering is the state of undergoing pain, distress, or hardship. When undergoing pain, we might be hurting on the outside and the inside, but in the long run, we can put that suffering to some great use. In A Separate Peace written by John Knowles, some characters experience suffering throughout their lives. The act of suffering caused Phineas to be tough enough to do anything without fear standing in his way. Suffering can make a person stronger because it gives one strength, allows one to control the future, and prepares one for difficult situations.
The soldiers were forced to endure the burden of war that affected them emotionally and mentally. The Things they carried by Tim O'Brien was about soldiers who were impacted to hold the burden of the vietnam war and brought things emotionally and physically to the front lines which affected their mentality. Tim O’Brien used many literary techniques in this book but the ones that stood out to me were listings and point of view he used these literary techniques very often. Tim O’Brien used listing to explain why the soldiers carried a variety of certain things and how all of them mostly have the same main things to survive but other than that they have unique things that relate to the soldiers for example a quote from chapter
According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, “It is estimated that about 30 out of every 100 (or 30%) of Vietnam Veterans have had PTSD in their lifetime” (U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs). PTSD, or post traumatic stress disorder, is defined by Merriam-Webster as “a psychological reaction occurring after experiencing a highly stressing event (such as wartime combat, physical violence, or a natural disaster) that is usually characterized by depression, anxiety, flashbacks, recurrent nightmares, and avoidance of reminders of the event” (Merriam-Webster). In The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh, the main character Kien goes through scary, traumatic events of people being killed. Kien thinks about those past experiences constantly throughout the novel.
World War II was devastating to an many involved and much damage has been done on both sides, physically and mentally.To Japan WWII is known as “the fifteen- year war” as some may not have regarded, Japan’s view of the war is radically different from the U.S. and others involved. “An aptitude for being unloved: War and Memory”, Dower’s essay demonstrates that Japan viewed themselves as victims of the war rather than aggressors, and that some aspects of the war were “whitewashed”, but this isn't solely unique to Japan in this situation. As it is common in most every history, especially in America who are still reluctant in admitting responsibility to the Vietnam war or slavery. As well as setting a reminder to listeners of how Americans excussed the emperor from responsibility.
Hedges argues that war is both a deadly addiction—a drug that offers an unmatchable intoxication, the thrill of being released from the moral strictures of everyday life—and a unifying force that provides a sense of meaning, purpose, and self-sacrifice that can wash away life's trivial concerns. But the meaningfulness of combat, Hedges suggests, depends upon the myth of war. In reality, no matter what grand cause it is supposed to support, war is simply the basest form of aggression: "organized murder." Once war begins, the moral universe collapses and every manner of atrocity can be justified in the eyes of those who wage it, because the cause is just, the enemy is inhuman, and only war can restore balance to the world. Hedges reveals the
A primary differentiation between James Longstreet and Joshua Chamberlain is their incompatible perspectives on the morale of the war, ultimately leading the reader to ascertain the cause of the Confederacy’s defeat at Gettysburg. As a Northern general, who believed that slavery could not co-exist in a county committed to the proposition that all men are considered equal, Chamberlain believed the war is fought to determine the value and freedom of all men. Viewed as essentially aberrant property throughout the South, Chamberlain, unlike other Southern officers, comprehends the complexities of human rights and the defective definition of man imposed upon the Constitution, promoting
‘The Japanese High Command in the Philippines has insisted that it does not recognise any form of international law, although the Japanese Premier told America in 1942 that the Japan would honour the Geneva Convention.’ SMH, February 6, 1945
The people in the book inside out and back again and Children of war article both go through the feeling of inside out, feeling like they have no home, no more family, and not enough food or water. An example is in the book Ha says “Brother Khoi gets to monitor lines for the bathrooms, where bottoms stick out to the sea behind blankets blowing in the wind.” (Lai, 80) On the ship that she is on their isn’t enough of anything even bathrooms. The children of war article gives us some facts about how horrible being a refugee is. It says “Since the war began two years ago, more than 200,000 people have been killed, while another 2 million have been driven from their homes.” So many people has lost family and their homes in the process of trying to flee. Another example of Ha feeling inside out is when say tried to help her brother. “Brother Khoi nods and I smile, but I
In Gary Paulsen novel Soldier’s Heart we meet Charley Goddard.He is 15 years old and he lives in Minnesota.He has a brother that lives with his mom.He thinks the war will be fun. I am Courtney Douglass I am a student at Rivercrest. I love to dance I have been in dance for seven years.
War is controversial, unfortunate, and certainly misunderstood; it is a transforming agent, a catalyst for change. Nonetheless, many people focus on war's negative consequences, while positive effects are downplayed. War is a necessary evil in the sense that it stabilizes population, encourages technological advances, and has a very high economic value. Without war, the overpopulation of the human race is inevitable. It is this reason that war is a useful tool by not only Mother Nature, but also humans themselves to institute population control.
Specifically in American soldiers, “Almost 31 percent of Vietnam veterans [...]” have been affected by PTSD (“PTSD”). This means many soldiers have gone through a traumatic experience during their time of war. Merriam-Webster defines trauma as “A disordered psychic or behavioral state resulting from severe mental or emotional stress or physical injury” (“Trauma”). Kathleen M. O’Connor, a professor at Columbia Theological Seminary, states, “Trauma Theory refers to a loose, interdisciplinary conversation that investigates the lingering consequences of violence upon individuals and communities” (O’Connor). The Sorrow of War by Bao Ninh can be analyzed through a Trauma lens by asking what the causes and effects are of trauma, and if there are any signs of addiction to trauma. Kien, the main character of the novel, goes through many grim events that ultimately lead him to develop certain defense mechanisms and a type of addiction.