Discuss the presentation of camaraderie in Birdsong and Apologia Which is more effective and why Camaraderie in both Birdsong and Apologia pro Poemate Meo is an important theme because it concentrates on some of the most essential aspects of the war the idea of togetherness and commitment to the brotherhood for soldiers Furthermore its seems that the presentation of camaraderie was more effective in Birdsong as Faulks employs a way of reaching out to the readers simply because he talks directly
Throughout Birdsong Destruction of man is a constant theme conveyed by Faulks In part two Stephen is showed as distant to his to his men lacking the ability to comfort his men specifically when Weir refers to Stephen as a cold bastard as Stephen is not capable of comforting him This is completely contradicted in part four as Stephen expresses that the grimmer harder more sardonic they became the more he cared for them As they have fought together and killed together the bond between the soldier
War has always been a source of inspiration for writers From Shakespeare to the modern day authors have used the setting of war as a basis for their work For some authors it is personal interest of the subject writing about war gives the writers an opportunity to research and immerse themselves into the world of war For others war supplies enough power action and raw emotion as a stimulus for their ideas Both authors of Birdsong and Strange Meeting use the setting of war namely the First World
The Birds was originally a short story written by Daphne DuMaurier and was released to the public in 1952 It was then made into a movie directed by Alfred Hitchcock in 1963 The short story is about Nat Hocken a farmer that lives with his family on the coast of England The movie is about Melanie Daniels and the Brenner family and it is set in the fishing town of Bodega Bay in the United States In both the short story and the movie the characters get attacked by the birds Although there are diffe
The story is told by the murderer himself the first person narrator speaking on the eve of his execution for the crime of killing his wife He begins his account in the remote past of his own childhood The narrator says that he was an extremely sensitive boy so passive that his schoolmates teased him He explains that as a child he always had a passion for animals Since he had this passion for animals his parents allowed him to have a great variety of pets growing up So early in his marriage he w
The Black Cat From my infancy I was noted for the docility and humanity of my disposition My tenderness of heart was even so conspicuous as to make me the jest of my companions I was especially fond of animals and was indulged by my parents with a great variety of pets With these I spent most of my time and never was so happy as when feeding and caressing them This peculiarity of character grew with my growth and in my manhood I derived from it one of my principal sources of pleasure To those w
An American Dream is something that many people want to accomplish when they come to America for the first time or just when they live here Someone that has an American Dream can mean that they want freedom equal rights a better life happiness or overcome poverty Ruth from The Color of Water by James McBride and Chino from Bodega Dreams by Ernesto Quinonez both had a dream That dream was to give both of their families a better life and to do something better with their lives Many people have an
Life and death are opposing forces of nature that one can not escape In the poem Sir Gawain and the Green Knight the poet uses natures forces to represent procreation which is the giving of life and destruction which is the dealing of death The poet expresses through out the poem how these two forces life and death are interconnected In the beginning of the story King Arthur and his Knights of the Round Table were celebrating the New Year until the Green Knight sent by Morgan Le Fay Arthurs sis
When Alice first came to Wonderland she was very foolish and put herself in danger many times As the book progresses we see Alice becoming more mature When Alice needed to shrink to fit in the door she saw the bottle that said Drink me Alice looked to check that it wasnt poison When Alice was shrinking she forgot to bring the key with her If Alice remembered to bring the key with her she would have been able to go into the garden in chapter 2 In Chapters 2 4 Alice is still immature and nearly k