War novel Essays

James Bradley, in his horrifying war novel Flyboys, expresses the cruelness that so many men fought through during World War II and goes into the painful details of the conflicts between the two opposing sides of the war. Bradley describes his experiences working as a fighter plain flyer first by talking through the different locations of battles in which he fought, then by reminiscing over the different personalities of each of his army brothers and friends, and finally by reliving his memories

The novel A Separate Peace by John Knowles takes place during World War II in 1942. The World War II may not have directly affected the characters for the majority of the novel, but though out the novel, we see its effects on the characters' actions indirectly. The war also changes the characteristics and attitudes of certain characters of the novel, causing them to adapt and change of the thought of enlistment for the war. World War II also seems to affect the characters' interactions with others

Farewell to Arms The novel A Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemingway is primarily about war and love. A farewell to arms is about World War I and all the disastrous things that come along with the war. Furthermore the novel also describes tragic romance of the two protagonists, the American lieutenant Frederic Henry who serves in the Italian ambulance corps and the English nurse Catherine Barkley who works at an Italian hospital. Reading A farewell to arms, you discover that not only war and love are important

created by Erich Maria Remarque in his novel All Quiet on the Western Front. As a writer, Remarque unknowingly left his novel open to readers with completely different perspectives, and to various forms of criticism. This undoubtedly meant that every single reader had been affected by the novel in many different ways which unfortunately for Remarque may have been an effect that he never intended. I personally think that a writer couldn’t possibly publish a novel that affects every reader in one particular

Watchman is a graphic novel that encompasses many themes that fall in the realm of heroes and villains. While this is the case, the novel additionally incorporates many recurring symbols from beginning to end. Ultimately, these symbols add insight to the story being told. In the graphic novel, Watchmen, the recurring image of the Hiroshima lovers highlights the cold war and suggests the unexpected ending of Ozymandias’ scheme. Symbols that tend to recur in books and other mediums tend to hold some

Passos’ novel, Manhattan Transfer, represents the complex, speedy urban experience of life in New York. The plot is made up of overlapping narratives of several characters, similar to the transfer stations of the New York subway system. The novel is in a pessimistic viewpoint of a declining New York City and takes place during the Gilded Age to the Jazz Age. Even though the novel is not mainly about the Great War, the novel describes the perspective of the people before and after the war. In the

inhuman? Are they even meant to finish the war they’re in? Or are they meant to avoid known responsibilites? In the novel, Catch-22, the characters are constantly questioning the idea of whether to keep fighting for their lives or to just ultimately lose hope. As they finish the number of missions needed to go back home, Colonel Cathcart, raises the number of missions, making it nearly impossible to leave war. As a result, Yossarian, a bombardier in World War II, is always looking out for ways

Throughout both of these novels, many ideas were taught, some which were similar and others which were different. Now even though there is a time gap between the book written by Golding and the book written by Remarque, the similarities and differences are still very noticeable. A similarity would be the main topic of each book: the war currently taking place during that time period. The differences would include the setting/time period of the book and the themes present in each novel. While reading both

Differences in A Separate Peace Novel and Film Everyone at some point has felt envious of their bestfriend. In the novel, “A Separate Peace”, envy leads to many problems and changes in the film. Phineas is a main character that is bestfriends with Gene; he is athletic, a leader, and goes by Finny. Leper is a student that is viewed as weird. When he came back from the war he is portrayed differently in the film than in the book. Gene is the protagonist, intelligent, and is best friends with Finny

award-winning novels, all entrancing stories keeping the reader entertained. But where do the great authors get their ideas from? Neal Shusterman used the countless events of his lifetime to come up with some of the main ideas in Unwind, as seen with the heartland war, the civil rights of the characters in the novel, and the living conditions some characters had growing up. One of the main ideas in Unwind is the heartland war. When reading this book, time and time again the heartland war comes up.

powerful novel that involves both the abuse of power and evil within. Looking back on the events of his son’s and his life, Robert Cormier not only shows the battle of power and evil, but also how the 1970s and 1980s impacted his life the most in The Chocolate War. Understanding a little about Robert Cormier will help understand how he came to be as a writer and how it influenced his novel. Cormier

Brian Castner, a war veteran, a husband, and a father. He wrote the book The Long Walk on his psychologically damaging journey through blood, body parts, tears, bombs, death, and a foot in the box. His stories of the war help deploy the readers sorrow and pity. He utilizes many of his own rhetorical strategies to be able to help the reader better understand his emotions during the war. His portrayal of the war exemplifies the common struggle of a post war damaged man trying to escape his crazy. He

This novel is really well written. Markus Zusak created a really good theme that could be quite realistic (People suffering during a war). I loved how Zusak made Death himself the narrator of the novel, “I witness the ones that are left behind, crumpled among the jigsaw puzzles of realisation, despair and surprise. They have punctured hearts. They have beaten lungs.” This quote is from Death’s point of view when he is telling us about the bodies he is picking up and taking to the next life. I liked

is a complex novel. Heller uses many themes, does not have the storyline in chronological order and often uses irony in his descriptions. Many of the themes can be compared to other literature. One of the themes that can be compared is fear in war. As well as the value of a human life during these times of war, but the insanity of war and Heller 's solution to insanity is the idea of "there is always a catch" in life is shown to a dramatic extent. Heller 's novel not only satirizes war, but all of

Who is the real monster in War of the Worlds and Monsters? Monster is a strong word that requires unpacking to figure out what it actually means as it is interpreted in many different ways. As kids, we were taught what a monster is and why it is a monster, but it has scary face and that is what children cling to and what they think of when monsters are mentioned, whereas in this essay I will bring light to my interpretation of monsters as being something that has control and power but abuses it through

It was a day like any other day, but for the boy with fair hair, it would change his life forever. This is the beginning to the novel, by William Golding, that would surpass any other novel. And thus the book begins, marooning a group of English boys on an island, destroying their innocence, forever. This novel is like no other: Exploring the ideas of fear, war, and humanity’s evilness. So let’s begin. Fear. You hear it all the time. And we can experience the sudden emotion in our daily lives.

what it doesn't want to hear even if it’s from the past. Books are being banned in result to the sensitivity and ignorance of our nation. Despite the immense amounts of history in the novel Gone with the Wind, some just can't get over certain literary elements in the book. The realism and language throughout the novel was not welcomed gently. These days, sensitive people find anything to be offensive even though it wasn't directed towards them. The sensitivity is at an all time high as literature that

It was the novel that many of the people who formed the center of the 1960's in the United States read. It was a striking rebellion against what society was still pretending was the right way to live, but that immense numbers of people could see clearly was not right for them and probably never had been. The Vietnam War and the Cold War that followed made the novel’s influence bigger since the Unites States seemed to refuse to learn the lesson. Life was unpredictable and people lived faithful to

O’Brien’s novel, The Things They Carried, plays a huge part in trying to support the author’s message. O’Brien uses symbols everywhere such as with the characters and to help develop the structure of the novel. The author decides to hide some of the symbols while some of the other symbols are in the open, making the symbols easy for the readers to pick up or understand clearly. The author uses symbolism in different forms, mainly intangible for an example. The main point of using symbols in a novel is to

Is Henry a coward for fleeing throughout multiple battles? In The novel The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane, Henry is viewed as a young, inexperienced soldier, without the ability of making his own decisions. Many critics go back and forth discussing whether or not Henry is a coward, or just a young boy fearful for his life. In the critical evaluation from enotes, Henry is displayed as a coward for retreating during battle. As the evaluation progresses, the author begins to see Henry as a changing