How do Baker and Frayn use the war as a platform to explore a wide range of issues
How do Baker and Frayn use the war as a platform to explore a wide range of issues? 'Spies' by Micheal Frayn and ‘The Ghost Road’ by Pat Barker both set during the Second World War and First World War respectively use this as platform to introduce us to several key issues. Both novels are portrayed as works of philosophy: the 'novel of ideas'. Concepts relating to these issues are conveyed through Frayn and Barker’s portrayal of the ambiguity of memory, the confusion of illusion and reality, and perception. The backdrop of war is first used as a platform to explore a wide range of issues by both authors to examine the issue of innocence and maturity. Such as in 'Spies' which is presented as a 'coming-of-age' novel: Stephen's conflicting ideas of childhood and the adult world and his own journey into adolescence. Stephen who starts the novel reminiscing about his childhood essentially plots his journey from innocent child into maturity and it is the war that allows him to do so. The childish games Stephen and Keith play are affected by war and eventually lead them into a fast track into maturity. The issues faced by young boys going through maturing into men. We see this when Stephen smokes “I’m no longer bound by the rules and restrictions of childhood” Stephen feels that he is free from childhood when he smokes. This gives way for the idea, the sense of freedom
Explore the ways in which Journeys End presents ideas about heroism. Compare and contrast this with the presentation of heroism in Blackadder Goes Forth and evaluate the view that Journeys End celebrates heroism, whereas Blackadder Goes Forth does not.
Explore the ways in which “Journey’s End” presents ideas about heroism. Compare and contrast this with the presentation of heroism in “Blackadder Goes Forth” and evaluate the view that “Journey’s End” celebrates heroism, whereas “Blackadder Goes Forth” does not. “Journey’s End” is a complex play laced with ideas about heroism. As it was written by a war veteran, the messages involved should be credible and insightful. “Journey’s End” does seem to celebrate heroism as it is a very dominant theme within the play, and it is shown in both various ways. In contrast, “Blackadder Goes Forth” doesn’t exactly look on heroism as a good aspect of the war (or something to celebrate), but more of a necessity. However, both dramas do show opposing views, from Hibbert’s initial cowardice to Stanhope’s obligated bravery and from George’s naive enthusiasm to Blackadder’s desperation to escape: it could easily be argued that the writers were trying to present views that both celebrate heroism and do not. “Journey’s End” incorporates heroism very thoroughly to give the audience an understanding of the circumstances the soldiers had to face. Hibbert is a perfect example, as he is an officer that is reluctant to stay in the trenches any longer – so fakes his neuralgia in an attempt to leave. His anxiety breaks through to the surface, as he
With close reference to three poems, show how Wilfred Owen presents war with truth and compassion.
Alice English Literature Homework Marinina Due on Friday the 30th of January 2CH. Handed in 3 days later Subject: With close reference to three poems, show how Wilfred Owen presents war with truth and compassion. In the anthology Up the line to death, the section "O Jesus, Make it Stop" is marked by the fascinatingly profound Poems of Wilfred Owen and of his friend and mentor, Siegfried Sassoon. Although they write the truth about the horrors of war and have very similar sentiments, Owen concentrates on his compassion and the message of the futility of war. To learn about the happenings and feelings of the time from Owen's perspective, it is interesting to take a closer look at the following poems; Anthem for doomed youth, Strange Meeting and Dulce et decorum est. Unlike the many writers of the early war poetry Owen doesn't make a theme of the comradeship of soldiers fighting against an enemy, but chooses to picture a vast family instead. Unnaturally fighting against each other; one large mass of suffering men on both sides. The poem Anthem for doomed youth holds the question of what burial do the soldiers get and what they actually deserve; it is a dignified song of loyalty and a lamentation, nothing short of an "Anthem". Most of the soldiers
Comparative Essay on "All quiet on the Western Front" and "Saving Private Ryan".
Stage 1 English Studies Comparative Essay Compare the techniques that the authors of two texts use to explore the effects of war. The author of All Quiet on the Western Front, Erich Maria Remarque and the director of Saving Private Ryan, Steven Spielberg use various literary and filmic techniques respectively to portray the devastating effects of war. Both authors through the use of different techniques show the accurate revulsion of war, the loss of innocence, youth and ideals in the young soldiers and how the soldiers form bonds of comradeship and friendship during the hardships of war. In both All Quiet on the Western Front and Saving Private Ryan, Remarque and Spielberg both portray the true terror of war. Both texts show the soldiers suffered both terrible physical and psychological trauma. Remarque portrays this with a young recruit having “collapsed like a rotten tree”. This simile shows that he had the appearance of “calm” and health but on the inside he is in terrible turmoil and fear. In contrast Spielberg portrays psychological trauma with a close up of Miller’s shaking hand throughout the course of the film. Miller’s shaking hand indicates that his psychological state is deteriorating, and with more frequent shots of his hands throughout the film shows it is getting worse towards the end. Both texts also display the horrific consequences
No war is identical to another but having read Tim OBriens On the Rainy River and The Man I Killed; Gerrard Conlons In the Name of the Father and Cormiers novel After the First Death; three ideas or concepts seem given in any war.
. “Analyse significant connections across texts, supported by evidence” 2. 3. Introduction 4. No war is identical to another but having read Tim O’Brien’s “On the Rainy River” and “The Man I Killed”; Gerrard Conlon’s “In the Name of the Father” and Cormier’s novel “After the First Death”; three ideas or concepts seem given in any war. The first, and most obvious, is that war has a destructive effect on those involved, and secondly that wars despite being usually fought for freedoms, ironically result in loss of choice (freedom) for some. The third and most interesting idea is that a fine line separates the “good” patriot from the “evil” fanatic and that at times the line is unknowingly crossed. 5. 6. Impact of war on a young man 7. War always seems to have a huge destructive effect on young men. In the short stories “On the Rainy River” and “The Man I Killed”, Tim O’Brien becomes mentally and emotionally shattered and ruined from the effects of war. In “On the Rainy River” Tim O’Brien receives a draft notice for the Vietnamese war. As soon as it arrives Tim feels mixed emotions, whether he should succumb to societies pressures or back his own morals and not fight for a war he doesn’t believe in. He even states it’s a war he “hated” and felt “blood was being shed for uncertain reasons”. This tormented him
Compare and contrast the different ways in which Resistance and On The Black Hill present forms of resistance and survival, and how these pressures shape their narratives and forms
Toby Taylor L6th MJL Click here to enter text. Click here to enter text. ‘Resistance can take many different forms, and can be part of the way in which a community rejects the pressures of the outside world’ Compare and contrast the different ways in which ‘Resistance’ and ‘On The Black Hill’ present forms of resistance and survival, and how these pressures shape their narratives and forms An integral part of Anglo-Welsh literature is that of survival and resistance. Sheers himself describes Anglo-welsh literature as a ‘Long historical pattern of groups of people believing they can dislocate themselves from the rest of the world.’ In both Chatwin’s and Sheers’ novels, these ideas are reflected not only in the novels settings’, but also in the narrative structure. In the New York Times review, Roww describes the act of resistance, in the novel ‘Resistance’ as ‘namely, the countervailing pull of loyalty to the land, and to the ancient and largely erased culture of Wales, against the abstraction of national unity.’ The resistance to colonialism and that of invasion features heavily in both novels. In Sheers work of fiction there are the British resistance fighters waging their solitary war against the Germany army, which we expect. Jan Morris describes it as ‘love and hate of nations, love and suspicion among people, fear and war.’ But
Compare the way Remarque presents war in All Quiet on the Western Front with Dulce et Decorum est and Futility by Wilfred Owen.
Compare the way Remarque presents war in “All Quiet on the Western Front” with “Dulce et Decorum est” and “Futility” by Wilfred Owen. In War Literature, an image is often created of soldiers of war serving their country with heroic grace, met by glory from their people everlasting pride. However, Remarque and Owen tell the brutal reality of the horrific journey a whole generation of soldiers had to endure. Although the effects of war have been presented with significantly different conceptions toward the English and German in British media, own and Remarque present the physical and psychological horror of death all soldiers, united in grief. The novel “All Quiet on the Western Front” uses the first person narrator of Paul Baumer as the viewpoint of the novel. Remarque does not try to conceal the animalistic life of the solider, but instead exposes the basic level of what a man is reduced to in war: “we march up, moody or good-tempered soldiers… and become on the instant human animals”, where men become only “soldiers” serving a military purpose and therefore lose their identity. Like Owen, Remarque explores the intensity of physical and emotional pain that haunts him: “Do I walk? Have I feet still? All is usual. Only that Stanislaus Katczinsky has died.” Although Remarque cannot express with words the depth of the pain experienced by the loss
Individual Poem- 1915, Roger McDonald
Poetry Assessment Task NATHAN REICHELT 12B Individual Poem- 1915, Roger McDonald 915 is a poem written in free form structure which details the conditions, emotions and deaths of Australian soldiers fighting in the trenches, presumably at Gallipoli in World War 1. As opposed to writing in a structure that rhymes, which traditionally provides a joyful flow to a humorous or exciting situation, McDonald has chosen to present this text in the less constrained free form format. This allows him to express the emotion and hardship within the scene he is describing. Using this structure McDonald is able to easily communicate the bleak and somewhat depressive themes of the poem. The key themes McDonald focuses on are death, longing for family back home, the apprehension of being on death’s door and the overall misery that life in the trenches brought to all who served in them. Death is an obvious theme in 1915 as the entire scene is set for an all-out charge ‘over the top’ to attack the enemy. McDonald illustrates a graphic moment where soldiers are cut down by machine gun fire, “Hard like ice it cracks their shins – They feel a drill and mallet climb their bones, Then cold, then warmth as blood spills from pockets, chests and mouths”. McDonald also uses the machine gun fire as a “metal voice” saying to the soldiers as it cuts them down, “Boys relax, as one
In "Regeneration", Sassoon the character is an extremely sympathetic figure. He is a man who stands by his convictions
ARSAL JAVED Regeneration Essay DRAFT His father early in life abandoned the real Siegfried Sassoon, much like the novel’s character. Though he was a decorated soldier, Sassoon declared in 1917 that he had no longer agreed with the war. Sent to Craig Lockhart, the real Dr. Rivers treated him. However, In Regeneration, Sassoon the character is an extremely sympathetic figure. He is a man who stands by his convictions and refuses to be used by those who would sacrifice him for their ideals—namely, pacifists. When Sassoon got asked in the Board meeting about his views towards the war, he replied quite directly that his views have not changed at all. ‘I cant possibly say, “No war is ever justified”, because I haven’t thought about it enough. Perhaps some wars are. Perhaps this one, when it started. I just don’t think our war aims – whatever they might be – and we don’t know – justify this level of slaughter’, said Sassoon. By saying ‘whatever they might be’ Sassoon refers to the aims, defense/ liberation, which were turned into aggression/conquest. He also says that because he believes that the ‘people’ who have the power to end the war are deliberately prolonging the war. However In an environment of madness, Sassoon is sane. His importance is heightened by his individuality. Although Sassoon holds strong beliefs, he believes that homosexuals
Compare and contrasts of 'The Soldier' by Rupert Brooke and 'Dulce et Decorum est' Wilfred Owen
Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brooke both share the similar themes within their poems, which are war and death. Although there is unconformity within their views due to their backgrounds and experiences. Brooke was very idealistic, which makes sense when he never actually got to fight in the war as he died shortly before where as Owen went through the genuine experience. Two poems that highlight these two contrasts are ‘The Solider’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum est’. In ‘The Solider’, Rupert Brooke illustrates how a soldier is reflecting on the possible death going away to war may bring. Although from his opinion his death if so was to happen shouldn’t be mourned and his death will be a tribute to his England. When compared to Wilfred Owen’s ‘Dulce et Decorum est’ the views are far from similar. Brooke states dying for your country is honourable where as Owen interprets dying for your country is not all glory and honour and more pain and suffering. Both poets desire different forms to present their poems. ‘The Solider’ is a sonnet which suits Brookes type of poems as he romantises the theme of war ‘The Solider’ is very much as well a love poem to his idealized England. Where as Owen opts for the more simple 8. 8. 11, Owen doesn’t seem to have a solid form as Brookes does. They both share the rhyming pattern of ABABCDCD which allow their poems to flow and