An Analysis of “Soldier’s Home” Scores of young men and women have enlisted and served in different branches of the Armed Services, many have also seen firsthand the atrocities that war produces; instances where the difference between life and death are never certain has the ability to instill memories and images that will forever haunt them thereby creating the walking wounded. We begin our story in the comparison of two photos; one with Harold Krebs and his fraternity brothers looking all very
In her book The War That Killed Achilles Caroline Alexander argues that the Iliad by Homer is an anti-war epic. Alexander provides significant evidence for her claims by thoroughly evaluating the character of Achilles. She also analyzes several specific scenes from the epic, which she asserts would not normally be a part of a typical Greek heroic epic. This is also supported through allusions to contemporary culture as well as other Greek poetry and literature such as The Odyssey by Homer and Theogony:
Yossarian’s thoughts, I intend to uncover the insanity of power, the pointlessness of war, and injustice. 2) The poem begins with Yossarian imagining himself at a pub, discussing the war with the bartender while having a few brews. He pours his heart out and speaks his mind, exploring every nook and cranny. He questions the system and men who run it. He doubts the purpose of war and expresses his fears to the bartender. He asks him questions as if the
Woman: God’s second mistake? Friedrich Nietzsche, a German philosopher, who regarded ‘thirst for power’ as the sole driving force of all human actions, has many a one-liners to his credit. ‘Woman was God’s second mistake’, he declared. Unmindful of the reactionary scathing criticism and shrill abuses he invited for himself, especially from the ever-irritable feminist brigade. The fact and belief that God never ever commits a mistake, brings Nietzsche’s proclamation dashingly down into the dust bin