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The Effect of Post "Great War" Ideals on the Literature of the Times
... of the harsh realities of war, however, they no longer trusted the ideals and morals that had lead to one of the bloodiest wars in recorded history. Some of ... of the bloodiest wars in recorded history. Some of the young men who had seen the horrors of war ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
The Truth About Glory
... I would say that it does reach its goal of showing the harsh realities of war. Glory succeeded in mixing key historical fact ... reality the colored regiments went through. Glory portrayed exactly what needed to be seen to feel the full effect, overall, of war ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Review of "Chicamauga" by Shelby Foote
... war, both of a country and of single hearts in agony. Shelby Foote succeeds in shattering the malaise of history that covers the many realities of the Civil war ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
In the lake of the woods
... of the Sorcerer was Wade's way of removing himself from the real event that was Vietnam , and his way of hiding behind the truth and reality of ... , yet he was young and ambitious. Wade saw the war as a way of gaining 'hero' status in order to reach his ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Howard Nemerov
... of World War II, Nemerov became attracted to the air force. However, like all poets, this attraction gradually grew into terror at the reality of war ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Stylistic Analysis of Tim O'Brien's Writing
... acclaimed Vietnam War novelist. His depictions of the war are both gruesome and disturbing. O'Brien achieves such reality in ... of mentally escaping the facts of war that he cannot confront (Rollyson 2413). The journey is also of arriving back at the war ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors
Comparison Essay: 'The Soldier' and 'Disabled'
... war to be glorious. Irony is supported as the war stole the best years of his life and his legs, effectively getting his message of reality of war ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
Gene and Finny's Loss of Innocence In "A Separate Peace" By John Knowles
... reality of adult themes such as jealousy, betrayal, and hate is what hurts Finny most, not the crippling injury itself. Another reality ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American
Beach Burial, Kenneth Slessor Poem, analysis and poetic techniques
... masterpiece. Slessor has successfully conveyed his purpose of displaying the realities of war and the realistic views on soldiers after ... of half rhymes also creates a standstill in the poem, the audience stops for a moment to reflect on the realities of war ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Poetry
"The Sun Also Rises" by Ernest Hemingway; discusses aimlessness caused in lives of characters by WWI
... Most of Jake's friends are alcoholics. To these people, drinking is a way to escape the harshness and reality of the war. It ... the "Lost Generation," a generation of broken dreams and destroyed naivete emerged from the World War I with an outlook blemished ...
Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American > Authors > Ernest Hemingway