Brutal Realities Of War In Peter Weir's 'Gallipoli'
846 Words4 Pages
The story Gallipoli by Peter Weir, of a pair of young Australian men who leave their various backgrounds behind. Two Australian sprinters face the brutal realities of war when they are sent to fight in the Gallipoli campaign in Turkey during World War I. Was Heading to Gallipoli was ‘A great adventure’ for young Australians because Gallipoli was bloody battle of despair. Going to war seemed like a great adventure but what even is a great adventure? But Archy wanted to be important somehow and get over being pushed around and what was the ending of their so called ‘Great adventure?’
What even made the adventure of two sprinters from Australia be such a great adventure. The brothership that Frank and Archy formed by wanting to be important in…show more content… He wanted to find himself, Archy, in particular, is driven by the desire to prove that he is indeed a man. Knowing that his importance would be complete only after he's accepted into the military force, Archy sets his mind on doing just that, he wanted to have a purpose in this life so he grabbed the oppurtunnnites by the scruff of the neck with a smile and said ‘let’s do this’ and no one could stop him in his path. Even before his parents knew he was going to war, he packed himself a bag before his race in the carnival and after the race his mind was set on the arms forces. Even though he was too young, he was dedicated and set on making into the army, by travelling from the carnival on a freight train all the way to Perth where Frank guaranteed him a spot in the army. Archy could have said “Well im too young now so ill go home” but no he stuck to what he wanted to do and you could say different people have different reasons for importance in life for this so called great adventure, depending on circumstances depends on the importance of the adventure, the comparison of anyones adventure will never be aroused. So no matted of the importance of the adventure each one has a