The Theme Of Pierre Boulle's Bridge Over The River Kwai

The three themes that stood out the most to me were: prejudice, leadership, and bravery. My first theme is prejudice, in my opinion it is not right to own someone as “property”

The book itself is a great read and I definitely recommend it. It can be a little disturbing at times, so it might not be the best choice for everybody. There are some graphic scenes and there is a little bit of cursing throughout the book, to show the character of the soldiers. Throughout the story I noticed that I was starting to get attached to these

In these four chapters there is important theme that stood out to me and how it made a more important meaning in their respective chapter. The three themes is sorrow, regret, and overcoming that was very important for the soldiers to feel to move on in life.

The first theme, war cannot change who a person really is at their core. Throughout the book there were several incidences where this theme was important, such as when Ben tries to make Ringer smile despite being in the middle of the end of the world, when Cassie and Sammy reunite, he goes back to his five year old self even though he was in boot camp for months, and lastly Cassie and Evan flirt

As a result of the weak action made by Lennie, Candy and Crooks in the novel, the theme is revealed. The events that were taken place and the responses from the characters showed that they were weak and couldn’t handle situations. Weakness which cannot be improved until they are

The theme of the novel is that your culture and background does defy you. In other words, being in a gang or group doesn’t mean you're not unique. For example, Ponyboy is in a gang/hood group “The Greasers” and does things like mug and snatch like the other members of the group, but this doesn't mean he doesn't have a different personality than the others. Another theme in the novel is the power of brotherhood. This is a sub-theme because it not confronted to the readers until the end of the novel. On page 176, Sodapop Curtis said, “ We ought to be able to stick together against everything if we don't have each other we don't have anything.” This quote struck out to me because throughout the

I did actually really like this book. I was not sure if I was going to enjoy it when the project was first assigned, but after reading for a while, I became really interested

Themes: One of the first themes that appears in the text is fear. Fear was a driving force in

The book to me was interesting. The author use make history sounds more exciting than the

To begin with, one major theme that continuously played a part throughout the entire book is desire. To many of the characters, it was the one urge that they could never overcome. One

I found a theme that carried throughout the whole book, Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. This is the story about Katniss Everdeen and how she got drafted to fight twenty-three others in an arena. She must go through many struggles to end up winning, along with her new lover, Peeta. One simple theme, perseverance, runs throughout the whole book. The complex lesson the story suggests is that perseverance, emotional or physical, not only helps one, but helps others and causes them to persevere as well.

Combining all these serious themes into a very entertaining book should attract many readers. However, there was some confusion with the story line. Since this book is a collection of interviews, it wasn’t a conventional story. When I first started the book, I wasn’t sure why I was jumping from country to country and why each story was completely different. As I continued to read the book, I was able to understand that these were a collection of eyewitness accounts of the war. Also, Max Brooks uses a rife amount of vulgar language which I think could have been kept out. However, it made it real and that’s what this book is about.

The most obvious of the themes is that of violence, brutality, and torture. Tied into this also is the idea of injustice. Many of these themes are intertwined. Constantly the reader is berated with violent images, or descriptions of violence. These must be on nearly every second page of the novel. A good

Overall, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. It was broken down so that I could read a section at a time and still know what was going on. I also liked that it discussed easy ways to become a better leader. Many of the subjects

In the 1957 film classic The Bridge on the River Kwai, Lieutenant Colonel Nicholson accepts torture through isolation rather than allow his officers or himself to be used as prisoner of war (POW) laborers along with his men (Spiegel & Lane, 1957). His refusal to compromise their Geneva Convention protections in the face of Japanese pressure presents us with an interesting ethical question: to what end does a leader continue to cling to his/her rights as a POW? By closer examination of the duty of a POW and the role of leaders in captivity, it can be argued that LTC Nicholson did not act in the best interest of his men.