He will say that a war story can't be believed, but then will tell a story that will make it seem as though it can be believed. By doing this the reader is left wondering the question of how to tell a true war story. This issue is addressed in the chapter "How to Tell a True War Story." ... I believe that Johnny Got His Gun in fact should be considered a true war story. ... I believe that these books are very closely related in that they both tell a true war story, although it wasn't directly about war....

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Is War Necessary? ... This movie tells the story of a reluctant hero, Benjamin Martin, who enters the war after his family, becomes endangered by the British. ... It was the British who instigated and prolonged the war. ... The American Civil war was also a necessary evil. ... Based on an inspiring true story, The Lost Battalion recreates the life and death action of the first Great War, however seems to focus on death and negativity. ...

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Composition 1023 "Ernest Hemingway: How His Novels Tell of His Real Life Story" Ernest Hemingway, who was born in Oak Park, Illinois in 1899, was legend in his own time, and is now a legend in our time. Hemingway was a rugged man in the true sense, and his writings show this. ... An overview of The Sun Also Rises describes Barnes as having "a calculated view of the events in the story and is sure to relate, minutia, such as how much things cost, who owes whom, how to bait the hook, and what is in the packed lunch" (Literature Resource Center 5). ... His writing often reflects one of his bel...

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Baumer and his classmates who enlisted into the army see the true reality of the war. ... Along with that, they need to know how to escape the shells as well as the emotional and psychological torment of the war. ... This is how Baumer feels, he cannot relate with men who have not fought the war. ... It is perhaps the most tragic generation our human records tell of. ... Although I may not have experienced the war life, I value my life and my time more than ever before, which is why this particular story has a great impact on my life....

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Those innocent teenagers joined the war barely because of their enthusiasms, when they saw the true meaning of the war, all of their enthusiasms have gone, and they no longer believed that the war is honorable. ... The theme of the whole book is the horror and violence of the war, and how the superior leaders using young soldiers as their tools to against each other in the war. ... The descriptions of Paul's feelings were very meticulous, and gave the readers a impressive feeling about how terrible the war was. ... In order to lighten the guilt, Paul told the French soldier he would tell ...

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He went to war. ... He dreams of his younger days when he was capable of fulfilling and remaining true to his talent. ... This is similar to how he ignores his wife's cheating habits instead of confronting her. ... You may not always know one's true background and what is really happening in their life. ... The narrator for the story is in Milan for rehabilitation where he meets an Italian Soldier, a champion fencer, whose hand has been wounded while at war that is also in rehabilitation. ...

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When he first enters the story Paul is very enthusiastic about going to the war. ... Through Paul Baumer, Remarque shows how war makes man inhuman. ... "The first bomb, the first explosion, burst in our hearts."1 Paul and his classmates who enlisted into the army see the true reality of the war. ... The only thing they need to know now is how to survive. ... As he tells the story, insight into the sacrifice the soldiers gave defending their country is seen as well as the difficulties of loosing friends, killing another man, and going day after day without much, if any, sleep. ...

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This touching novel tells the stark truth about all war, that it is senseless and a waste of so many lives, not only the ones fighting the war, but those left behind at home. ... How will we ever get used to one after this, here?" ... Brian Murdoch says, "Stolen youth is a recurrent motif," (Murdoch All Quiet on the Western Front 1) which, indeed, is all too true. ... He is in turn able to relate just how unfair, ruthless, and senseless war truly is. ... It makes one ponder, who invented war, and how do "civilized" people believe it is the answer to the world's problems? ...

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The classic existentialism time period occurred after World War II, as a result of the alienation and bitterness felt by so many people. ... This quote reveals the horrible nature of the universe and how it does not matter to Grendel. ... Grendel is frustrated that he can not tell his mother, who can't understand language, what happened to him. ... In true existentialism fashion Grendel decides he must find his individual purpose, "The world is all pointless accident,"" I say. ... There are plenty of text examples as well as story elements that prove Grendel is an existentialist. ...

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While Cummings fought in World War I, he experienced first-hand the chaotic destruction during battle, and later carried his personal beliefs of freedom to protest against the glorified view of war that Americans embrace. ... Instead, we see his teachings spanning other topics, as thus, Cummings uses the subtlety of parenthesis to show how our culture ignores a symbol as powerful as Jesus if he conflicts with tradition social perceptions, like war. ... As war continued to rage through the world, Cummings" continued to write his concerns. In another anti-war protest poem, "my sweet old etect...

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The setting was perfect because the people of Germany were itching for any leader that would tell them just what they wanted to hear. World War I was over and the people of Germany were in an economic depression that crippled the country. ... The most generally held concept of propaganda is that it is a series of tall stories, a tissue of lies, and that lies are necessary for effective propaganda. ... After the war, the picture emerged of Hitler as a megalomaniac who refused to listen to his military experts and who, as a consequence, lost the war for Germany. ... He began by accepting war...

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• Grade Level: High School