Essays Tagged: "Herr"

An analysis/review of the book Dispatches, by Michal Herr

Dispatches PaperAs I read Dispatches by Michael Herr, there is an overwhelming sense of fear and horror. His dispatches are populated by soldiers ca ... wear black pajamas; they are all alien to us. They are everywhere. That's where the paranoia began. Herr's dispatches are disturbing because he writes from inside the nightmare, with all the tension a ... darity, they opened fire anywhere, everywhere. After all, who could know where or who the enemy was?Herr's use of brutal imagery absorbed me into his savage surroundings. From the soldier who can't st ...

(4 pages) 69 2 5.0 Jan/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers