Broken And Rising In Ernest Hemingway's Big Two Hearted River
Broken and Rising
During the 1910s, people enjoyed life greatly. New appliances made cooking and cleaning easier, designers and celebrities created fashion trends, and exciting models of car were all over the streets. Life couldn't get any better. However, when World War I started and ended, people wondered how something so horrid could happen, after all the good. In Earnest Hemingway's Big Two Hearted River, the protagonist, Nick goes fishing to relax himself after the war. People's lives are broken by war, and when it is over, must carry on.
Human life is interrupted for the chance to win a war. As World War I began, the United States had a smaller army. So, to increase the size, the government drafted men into the army, with and without …show more content…
Many soldiers after World War I suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. War veterans with PTSD faced flashbacks, nightmares, and fight-or-flight response. These war veterans must find "a good place" (184) in life to help calm and relax them, so they can be in a healthy state, like before the war. Nick, who was in war, relaxes himself by fishing for trout in a river, something he did before the war. Additionally, many veterans strive to find the "live feeling" (197) they experienced before the war, after they have had their life returned to them. Soldiers must emerge from a terrifying past, to a hopeful future. Overall, people's lives are broken by war, and when finished, must rise above. For, many people's lives were adulterated from what was known, and sent to something horrible and terrifying, war. Veterans of war suffered from PTSD and needed to find a way to relax themselves and return to their normal state. Today, veterans from modern wars, such as Afghanistan suffer from PTSD, and use methods such as having a pet to help them. Earnest Hemingway uses the words "broke" (186) and "rising" (182) to connote that like fishing, if your life breaks up, you have to rise up, for we all have "plenty of days coming"
During the 1910s, people enjoyed life greatly. New appliances made cooking and cleaning easier, designers and celebrities created fashion trends, and exciting models of car were all over the streets. Life couldn't get any better. However, when World War I started and ended, people wondered how something so horrid could happen, after all the good. In Earnest Hemingway's Big Two Hearted River, the protagonist, Nick goes fishing to relax himself after the war. People's lives are broken by war, and when it is over, must carry on.
Human life is interrupted for the chance to win a war. As World War I began, the United States had a smaller army. So, to increase the size, the government drafted men into the army, with and without …show more content…
Many soldiers after World War I suffered from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. War veterans with PTSD faced flashbacks, nightmares, and fight-or-flight response. These war veterans must find "a good place" (184) in life to help calm and relax them, so they can be in a healthy state, like before the war. Nick, who was in war, relaxes himself by fishing for trout in a river, something he did before the war. Additionally, many veterans strive to find the "live feeling" (197) they experienced before the war, after they have had their life returned to them. Soldiers must emerge from a terrifying past, to a hopeful future. Overall, people's lives are broken by war, and when finished, must rise above. For, many people's lives were adulterated from what was known, and sent to something horrible and terrifying, war. Veterans of war suffered from PTSD and needed to find a way to relax themselves and return to their normal state. Today, veterans from modern wars, such as Afghanistan suffer from PTSD, and use methods such as having a pet to help them. Earnest Hemingway uses the words "broke" (186) and "rising" (182) to connote that like fishing, if your life breaks up, you have to rise up, for we all have "plenty of days coming"