Young People In Ww1

To be engaged in war is to be engaged in an armed conflict. Death is an all too ordinary product of war. It is an unsolicited reward for many soldiers that are fighting for their country’s own fictitious freedom. For some of these men, the battlefield is a glimpse into hell, and for others, it is a means to heaven. Many people worry about what happens during war and what will become of their loved ones while they’re fighting, but few realize what happens to those soldiers once they come home. The short stories "Soldier's Home” by Ernest Hemingway and "Speaking of Courage” by Tim O'Brien explore the thematic after effects of war and how it impacts a young person's life. Young people who

“Nobody understands it. They put him on a prison ship and he got sick and died in three weeks. It doesn’t make any sense. You can understand why they took Mr.Rogers or Captain Betts, but why imprision a ten­year­old boy?” The quote is showing how the British took a ten year old boy and let him die with no shame. It’s basically showing how an older generation could care less about letting a child die. “Yale students rushed away to get weapons and joined the war in 1775.” The students at Yale all cleared their schedule to join the war to fight for their rights.This is showing how their generation is going to fight for their rights and other people's rights. In conclusion, the authors show that they are against

He had this look on his face like he was trying to remember and after a couple minutes, he answered, “I was born in 1928, and I was lucky compared to some. We were farmers, and while things were tight we came out better than many. God provided what we needed, and after things started looking better he started blessing us with even more.” My grandpa continued to tell me how those first 11 years or so of his life taught him to use everything sparingly, be smart about what you throw away, and if it isn’t broken you don’t need a new one. These lessons he learned during that time didn’t disappear. To this day, he still thinks about it and remembers the tougher times and remembers how bad the world can get. Then, going with the second question I had he continued on about how with the Depression ending there was a new problem to take its place, World War II. At first, he only heard about the war, the U.S. wasn’t that involved, but even so, everyone was working. “Donations were sent, shops needed extra help, anyone who was old enough and able-bodied was waiting for the day they’d be called up. In ‘41, when Pearl Harbor was attacked, that’s when it got bad. The U.S. joined the battle, and local men were going to war. At the time, you had to be 21 to be drafted, but with there having been an attack on U.S. it was lowered to 18. I was 13 or 14 at this time. I didn’t turn 18 until ‘45. By that time we had won, but I still signed up. I was sent to Japan in ‘46, and it was bad.” My grandpa didn’t go much further than that, but he said that every person did what they had to, everyone worked together, everyone supported. He says that he’ll never forget what some of the aftereffects were of the war and that it’s not something you can fall asleep after and just forget. The last event I inquired about was the 1969 Moon landing of Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. My grandpa said

While the young men at the ages of eighteen to twenty signed up for the war they believed that they were going to have a well off time, meanwhile the older generation is betraying them. The men that came before them do not tell them they are going to see there best friend shot to pieces. Also that they are going to be stuck for days in tiny trenches running out of food because then they would get the bodies to

I feel like the U.S. should not have joined World War 1. I think the reasons we joined the war were not big enough reasons to send our soldiers to war over. I believe our reasons for joining the war are good reasons, but still not good enough to send people into battle to lose their lives for.

During the holocaust there were 3 teen agers named Anne, Margo frank and peter Van Daan. Anne is 13 years old and peter and Margo are 16 years old. Peter is the only sibling in his family but Margo and Anne are sisters. Peter has a cat named musty but Margo and Anne doesn’t have a pet. Anne and Margo are Mr. and Mrs. Frank. Peter is the child of MR. and Mrs. Van Daan.

In Remarque’s novel, he alludes countless times to the lost generation. The main characters of the story are young men of only 19, all in the Second Company. Early on, the narrator, Paul Baumer explains how, “they taught that duty to one’s country is the greatest thing,” but he and his comrades already knew that “death- throes [were] stronger” (Remarque 13). “They” in this quote refers to the men’s superiors, elders, teachers, or the people who brought them up.

This generation went through the hard, tough time and have survived it. Then they went from the depression era into the war. This war is World War II and it was a big part of this generation’s time. Adolf Hitler of Germany had conquered Poland and then attacked the rest of Europe. Japan had attacked the Pacific Ocean area, Pearl Harbor and the Philippines. This attack would then spark America to unite together as one country and join in the fight of World War II. A great man would rise by the name of General Macarthur, who bravely defended the pacific (Bartsch). America becomes a greater nation, working together through these tough times only made them stronger. In addition going through these difficult times had helped to create and structure their good values of this great

Young men were eager to fight in what they called a “great war”, for they felt strong loyalty to their country. The war lasted much longer than what anyone would expect. When soldiers would return, they most likely came back completely different. They were either horrible disfigured physically or mentally.

When the people who fought in World War II were born, they weren’t born thinking “You know what I’m going to do when I get older? Fight in a war that engages every single country on the planet and risk my life for the sake of the nation,” rather they were born thinking “ooh it’s time to sleep, ooh it’s time to eat, ooh it’s time to poop.” Major events, such as war, cause children to prematurely be exposed to certain events and ideas which rapidly decrease their innocence and their future. Gene, for example, believed that his only future could be participate in the war effort because that was what he had been exposed to during his years of growing up. Gene’s lack of innocence towards the violence that is faced by millions of people every day impacted his future in the sense that he was never able to even think about college or any other job than fighting in the war alongside his best friend.

The children, 18-20 year olds, in the war represent the lower class. They have no real say in what they are doing or in society, and they are just following the leader so to say. We are reminded that the war was

While many people know about the Depression and also World War II, most do not know how it became known as “the Greatest Generation”. Although much of this time negatively affected individuals living during this period, not only did the experiences between classes differ greatly, but so did the experiences of those who served in the Spanish Civil War, and also within different communities.

Without American involvement the “Hun” will continue to attack American ships on the open seas and will destroy the great countries of Europe. And America has already thrown its economic forces in with the French and the British and America can’t afford not to support them. But America must carefully weigh the consequences of war. America must decide as a nation that the loss of life and money it will surely sustain are worth it. While the loss of America soldiers is something that will definitely happen if America enters the war that is raging in Europe, the Germans have made it clear that this is not a war the Americans can afford not to get involved in.

The Baby Boomer generation lived during a time when war had a powerful impact on everyone's life.

During World War II, governments were tried and tested, armies were defeated, and technology leaped forward. However, the effects of World War II extended further onto the American children. Death of fathers, collection of scraps, purchasing of ration stamps, the effects of propaganda, and the technicalities of rationing are all factors that influenced the children of that war. These conditions at work consequently caused the generation of children from World War II to grow into conscious patriots and avid supporters of the war cause.