The Sun Also Rises: The Effects Of The Modern World War

This story was more of a personal narrative that tells a story about war and how not only does it affect men, but it also involves many others in the world. The story is told about a young woman whose brother died at the age of eighteen in war. She reflects through all of the memories she had with her brother, the good and the bad. The story is such an emotional narrative that the author pulls you into the story. As someone reads this the reader will feel a similar emotion as the author was feeling at the time of grief and heartache. The reason that this story is a narrative, because this story is told by the author about her experience of losing her brother. She also had many settings and a tone that grabs the attention to readers that made the story more interesting, captivating and

“The Cause of War” is a book written by Australian author Geoffrey Blainey. The book is a collection of studies from wars since 1700’s and it analysis the relation of rivaling nations. The book is divided in four parts it starts discussing the weakness behind the current theories of peace, it then moves to talk the “ingredients” which are key for a nation to determine whether they will go to war or not. Third part of the group is about some misleading theories of war, and the last part just deals with the variety of war.

"Midway thrust the warlords back on their heels, caused their ambitious plans..........to be canceled, and forced on them an unexpected, unwelcome, defensive role". -Samuel Elliot Morison, the United States Navy's official historian of World War II, on the Battle of Midway in June 1942. The danger of Japanese power in the Pacific lingered over the heads of the Americans and endangered the safety of their homeland in the years from 1903 to 1942. That power lasted until the Japanese made the mistake of attacking the island of Midway in the second great carrier battle of the war. At 4:30 in the morning on June 4, 1942, the Japanese attacked the U.S. naval base at Midway in an attempt to destroy their aircraft carriers that escaped Pearl

​War takes a toll on those who fight, or are affected by it, this is undeniable. Over the course of the 20th Century, within the U.S. Military and Psychiatric Community the way that this effect is identified and treated has changed many times based on the conflict and the mindset of the American public. The purpose of this report is to discuss the history of the mental effect of the trauma created by US involvement in wars within the 20th Century and the steps that were taken in those eras to predict, prepare and treat for those effects.

It was said that World War I would be the war to end all wars; unfortunately U.S. President Woodrow Wilson was wrong. In 1939 Germany invaded Poland and the global conflict, World War II, began. Fought from 1939 to 1945, World War II consisted of the Allied Powers and the Axis Powers. The Axis Powers were led by Germany, Japan, and Italy. The Allied Powers were led by the United States, Britain, France, and several other countries. In total, over sixty million people were killed, making World War II the deadliest conflict in modern history. The intervention of the United States after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941 brought the end of the war 4 years later.

The First World War was a devastating calamity in which 10 million soldiers lost their lives fighting for their countries. This figure is ridiculous, but when one realizes that, that does not include the civilians who lost their lives during the fighting, the number seems even more ominous. This terrible event happened, and America tried to stay neutral for a while; however, we eventually found ourselves entangled in its web of destruction and for the a little more than the last six months of the war America was part of the fighting. The Germans were no fools, when America and its “dough boys” joined in the fighting they knew it was a big deal, it even lead to a strike by the Germans. “We must strike,” General Erich Ludendorff told his fellow commanders, “before America can throw strong forces into the scale.” But what was the final act that pushed America past the point of no return? What effect did America actually have while fighting? Why was it such a big deal that this one country joined in the fighting? What was going on in America, while its soldiers were out fighting on another continent somewhere in the world? The purpose of this paper is to examine those questions and discuss the influence that America had while fighting in Europe in the Great War as well as the politics that occurred internationally after the war ended.

A majority of the characters in the novel experienced war first hand and suffered dire consequences. Jake, the protagonist, was sterilized during the war leaving him to not be able to have intimate relations with Brett. Brett, on the other hand, ignores social norms and has several romantic relationships. She can not seem to settle down and the reason for this is due to the war and all of the emotional baggage that went along with it. Several of the characters seem to forget who they truly were and this can explain their lively social scene. A majority of the book takes place in bars, restaurants, or at parties. The characters are metaphorical wandering around trying to remember who they were before the war. World War I took away several character’s livelihoods and left them to try to consolidate their lives. War has not changed its ways over the years. The movie American Sniper is a great example of this. The main character, Chris Kyle, is a skilled Navy SEAL and was the most lethal sniper in American history. Throughout the film, Kyle experiences the horrors of war and soon returns to the homeland. When he returns, he has a severe case of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and has a hard time adjusting to civilian life. Back when Hemingway wrote The Sun Also Rises, PTSD did not exist and people did not know the burden that veterans carry every single day. Whether it be Jake’s

American veteran and novelist, Kurt Vonnegut uses his wartime experiences as a basis for his thought-provoking, antiwar novel, Slaughterhouse-Five. The novel follows Billy Pilgrim, an American chaplain’s assistant who serves near the end of World War II, through the horrific fire bombings of Dresden and his life after the war. In his novel, Vonnegut presents twentieth century war as traumatic and destructive, however; it is something that cannot be avoided so humans need to develop a means to cope with its effects.

The aftermath of World War II left two separate powers ruling over post-war Europe, each with radically different ideologies. On one side NATO, a collection of western democratic societies, on the other The Warsaw Pact, a collection of communistic states led by the Soviet Union. After the fall of Nazi led Germany in World War II, Germany was divided into two different zones, West Germany and East Germany, with West Germany being divided into three different sectors being administrated by The United States, The United Kingdom and France, while East Germany being administrated solely by The Soviet Union. Berlin the capital of both East and West Germany was further divided into two zones much like Germany itself with a democratic West administrated by NATO and A communistic East administrated by the Soviet Union. This was problematic however as the capital is completely surrounded by East Germany. This would lead to a series of increasing border tension between the East and West that would eventually lead to the construction of The Berlin Wall.

‘Tomorrow, When the War Began’, written by John Marsden, is the first of seven books from the Tomorrow series. Through the first person perspective of the character Ellie Linton, Marsden told the story of a group of teenager who found themselves in the war zone after coming back from a bushwalking trip to 'Hell'. They later came to the realisation that an unknown force had invaded their country. In order to survive, the group had to stick with each other and fight to win back their town. The characters changed as the story progressed, they become more independent, they think more strategically and built a stronger bond between each other. Marsden used various text features like the narrative point of view, symbolism and contrast to draw sympathy from the audience.

Jake contrasts his emotional attachment to Brett with her constant involvement with other men to highlight the unavoidable struggle of coping with the the war, ultimately revealing the eternal scar such a catastrophe leaves on soldiers and their loved ones.

B. Jake Barnes and Brett Ashley are two lovers desexed by the C. Robert Cohn is the false knight who challenges their despair. D. Pedro Romero personifies the good life which will survive their failure.      The Sun Also Rises is a novel by Ernest Hemingway (1926). Hemingway deliberately shaped the protagonists in The Sun Also Rises as allegorical figures (Bloom, 1985, pp. 107). The novel symbolizes the impotence felt by the main characters after World War I.      Jake Barnes, the narrator, had a wound from an “accident” that happened during the war.

I have two connections to After the war so far. One connection is having to choose between what is right and what makes you happy. Edward is the only son of very wealthy parents. He is expected to pay off all of the family’s debts by marrying money.

World War II is often seen as one of the great wars of the modern era. The allies and axis powers both accomplished major scientific advancements and brought about projects of great engineering marvel. Both sides place enormous efforts into the research of new and improved war machines, firearms, and weapons of mass destruction. Nazi Germany jump-started their nuclear project in the mid-1939, a whole three years in advance of the British and the Americans joint effort. Despite Germany’s head start, the Americans still managed to surpass them and eventually dropped two atomic bombs on Japan. Consequently, the Japanese surrendered and it effectively ended the war in the Pacific. Why did the Germans fail in spite of their head start? Questions are often raised about the confidence of German scientists more specifically regarding the well-respected physicist Werner Heisenberg. The play Copenhagen by Michael Frayn acts out two conversations Heisenberg has with another respected physicist Niels Bohr. It brings to light the different possible reasons for Germany’s failure in developing a nuclear weapon.

The Sun Also Rises is a story of the damaging effect of sexual tension, the luxury of life, and false friendship. However, Hemingway's peculiar style takes the reader through a dramatic structure that is the home of many impactful themes. Two motifs that were evidently the backdrop of the plot were both bullfighting and alcohol. Throughout the dramatic structure of the novel it is evident that the two worked together as the motivating factors of each character's life. Every character's actions, experiences, and relationships with one another was produced through alcohol and represented though bullfighting. Additionally, both factors are the mix that displays the false impression of a luxurious life.