How important is realism in constructing the narrative of Steven Spielberg's Band of Brothers? ... Like any other war/anti war series, it represents the horror and heartbreak of war. ... It's a powerful true-life story of a man who became the saviour of more than one thousand Jews in wartime Poland also used the ideology of brotherhood, banding together to survive. ... It is arguable that realism has a lot to do with narrative - how one tells a story, or rather how one uses the medium of form in order to cause people to construct a story in their head. ... Story tellers don'...

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As readers of Kurt Vonnegut's literary masterpiece, "Slaughterhouse Five," we're told that the all the events of the story are true, more or less, and that Vonnegut experienced the Dresden bombings firsthand. ... In Chapter 1, Vonnegut tells us that after the war he and his wife lived in Schenectady, New York, which Billy Pilgrim's "Ilium" seems to be based on. ... During the war Billy pilgrim is captured by the Germans and is held as a prisoner of war in Dresden. ... It is on the planet Tralfamadore that the Tralfamadorians teach Billy about how they see time. ... That everythi...

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Although this book is not a biography, or necessarily based on a true story, the events that happen and detailed scenes are something that Erich Remarque had witnessed. ... The reader can easily determine right away that this is not a normal hero story which many outsiders viewed the War to be composed of. ... Remarque does not want the reader to have any doubt that this is obviously a novel made to tell of true and horrific events that described the War. ... Remarque tells of two examples of this. ... It will simply try to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped...

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Adrien does a superb job playing the part of a Jew during World War II. ... The acting of the Germans is also well done, showing the audience how many people were afraid of them. ... The story is absolutely amazing, the way it tells of a man that wants to and does survives the war. The film is so powerful not because all the events real but because the story of the Wladyslaw Szilman is true. ... The story is the most impotent part of a film because it needs to touch the audience in some way and this story does just that. ...

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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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When Vonnegut places himself inside the book, particularly in the first chapter, the reader is told that the all the events of the story are true, more or less, and that Vonnegut experienced the Dresden bombings firsthand. ... He tells us about how the cattle have awakened Jesus, yet he does not cry about it. ... Perhaps the greatest ironic incident is when the model English soldiers tell the war-torn Americans that they needn't worry about bombs or other aspects of war while they are in Dresden. ... The alien tells him how every character in the novel has their "ups and downs". ... A...

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This is how the plot behind A Farewell to Arms came to be. When the young Frederic Henry entered into the war as a volunteer ambulance driver he had no idea how it would changed his whole world and his whole life. ... Set in Italy in the middle of World War 1 the story writes itself. ... War is a time when love stories become true and when people have to understand who they are and what they are doing. ... It tells the story of life, and how everything that a person does or sees in their lifetime is with them until the end. ...

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I believe that there is no true version of reality but several versions of reality. ... They both think they're correct, for who is to tell them no? ... There was not one clear story for why we went to war, everyone did know what started the flame was the destruction of the twin towers. ... It all just depends on what you believe is true. The history taught to us in school cannot be trusted because it does not explain both sides to the story on how the United States got to be where it is today. ...

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Knowles' novel tells the somber story of a young man's struggle to escape from himself and his world; to achieve a special and separate peace. ... This tear-filled conversation makes each boy realize how much they actually care for each other. ... Gene Forrester goes through the ages of 16, 17, and 18 during the course of the story he tells. ... This is also true of the Devon School when he revisits it. ... It is interesting enough to hold the attention of anyone, while it tells a well written enough story to capture the hearts of the most advanced literate also. ...

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Knowles' novel tells the somber story of a young man's struggle to escape from himself and his world; to achieve a special and separate peace. ... This tear-filled conversation makes each boy realize how much they actually care for each other. ... Gene Forrester goes through the ages of 16, 17, and 18 during the course of the story he tells. ... This is also true of the Devon School when he revisits it. ... It is interesting enough to hold the attention of anyone, while it tells a well written enough story to capture the hearts of the most advanced literate also. ...

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Farewell to Manzanar, by Jeanne Wakatsuki Houston is the true story of a Japanese-American family's detention in California's Manzanar internment camp during World War II. ... War department- clothes B. ... I liked the book and I think it is an interesting story. ... Also, how we have to be careful & wise and before making a decision. ... How they want to try to fit in but we don't let them just because of their ethnicity. ...

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It tells the story, of six different inhabitants of Hiroshima, 2 doctors, 2 women, and 2 religious men. It tells the story from each of their points of view, from the daily lives of each character, and how this relates to the story, to the moment the bomb drops until months later, and then even 40 years later. ... Also if the story is related to something true, it catches me completely. ... I enjoy how the story is very graphic, and impacting. ... I am interested by how Hersey never includes his opinion in the story, he strictly remains neutral, possibly his intentions were to only tell the st...

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Title: The Story of Winston Churchill Author: Alida Sims Malkus This story tells of Winston Churchill's life from birth until he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth, II. ... In 1895, he became a war correspondent during the Cuban Rebellion. ... While there, he realized how much stuff he didn't learn in school. ... After World War II, he was again kicked out of office. ... I also like the way he shows true patriotism to his country....

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In the novel Ceremony, Silko displayed how the identities of Native Americans who participated in World War II, fighting for the U.S., shifted from the time they were enlisted to their homecoming and how the assimilation and integration of Native Americans and whites had also influenced their changes in identity. In this passage, protagonist Tayo tells about how Native Americans were identified by the outside world while they were enlisted and in active duty, "White women never looked at me until I put on that uniform, and then by God I was a U.S. ... After the war, in Ceremony, Silko in...

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They grew very close over time while fighting together in the war. ... It is so exciting, and would seem absolutely impossible if it was not a true story. ... He also never gave up while him and his crew were stranded at sea, no matter how much it seemed they were going to die. ... The book tells their unique life story about them growing up, getting into trouble, and Pete getting Louis to start running so he could stop behaving badly and have something to do with his life. ... Hillenbrand, kept describing the events of the war for far too long in the intro before she tells about Zamperini...

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Sing for your life- A true Story of the VonTrapp family When a family is in trouble, they always have to stick together. ... When a family with seven children is in trouble, it is just a little bit harder if you catch my drift This family didn't seem to have any trouble doing what they had to do, so let me tell you the story. ... A few years went by until the World War II connection came into play. ... Because of the war going on, there were just about no jobs open anywhere, so to raise money the family changes their name from VonTrapp to Trapp. ... It was very interesting to lea...

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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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This is why one must read and reread him to enjoy the true flavor of his writing. ... Moreover, the story is also about a conflicted mother-son relationship. ... Descriptions of Krebs' lack of involvement with the local girls occupy one fourth of the story. ... Another key inference by Hemingway to the building of Harold Kreb's character during the war is one of the photographs discussed in the story's opening paragraphs that suggest an unsatisfactory experience with German girls. ... As Tim O"Brian writes in his "How to tell a war story": "A true war story is never moral. ...

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The interesting thing about this novel is how much it resembles his own life. ... Vonnegut used this novel to tell, in a creative way, the details of his own life during this time. ... This is not true in some cases, however. ... This story is also the closest in resemblance to Vonnegut's own experiences in life and in World War 2. ... This is true for many writers, however. ...

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How the patient received his terrible injuries? How Katherine and Geoffrey Clifton lost their lives? ... His reaction of his "disillusionment with nations warring against nations" (Fred Mensch, Barbara Nixon, Greg Nixon, p.2) is like suicide (p.242), symbolizing how easily he gets upset by the news that there will soon be a war. ... She tells Caravaggio that after her abortion, "I stepped so far back that no one could get near me." ... The connotation of this fact is that Kip is shown to be a complete man, true to his predisposition and principles while Hanna still wanders around, searching. ...

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As Tintin unravels the true nature of Dr. ... This portrays how unintentionally or intentionally the story is being influenced by the author's experience throughout the war. For instance, from page 5, it can be clearly comprehended how Tintin is being gripped by the news of the incoming war in addition to that, in page 9, which unmistakably shows Tintin fearing the abominable consequences that can be caused due to the intensity of the war. In other words, the author might have been stating his own true sentiments through Tintin and is attempting to tell the readers imperceptibly how grues...

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His poem "Harlem" questions what happens to dreams when they don't come true. A Raisin in the Sun takes place in the slums of Chicago post World War II. While World War II was over, the war against racism is still being fought between black and white Americans, which put a strain on the family dynamics of the Younger family, both financially and emotionally. ... She tells Mama, "...Mama, something is happening between Walter and me. ... Every character in the story had dreams that were important to them for different reasons; however all of the dreams had the goal to better the...

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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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