Comparing Dobell's Pluck And The Fly

The course’s literature has examined the history, styles, and authors of various text. While many have explored the influences of the speakers and authors due to the Enlightenment, the Industrial Revolution, and expansionism, the modern works written Post-War have mirrored the views of new humanism. “Pluck” and “The Fly” place emphases on the formality of mortal will and existing values. Provided that the speakers of these works are mutually, emotionally impacted by the outcomes of World War I, they individually express their distress in dissimilar behaviors and are a reflection of the author’s experiences. Dubbed as the “Great War”, the gory battles of World War I obstructed the lives of more than 30 million people; contrary to the expectations of it being the war to end all wars, it caused the collapse of empires, the Great Depression, and traumatic happenings of the Holocaust (Rosenberg, “Overview”). A war of this magnitude lasted for five years and caused the nations to break their neutrality- including the United States (“American”). The “melting pot”, symbolizing the welcome of immigrants,
The determined courage, pluck, is the reason this you boy is questioning his paralysis. To induce sympathy the author’s tone and imagery extends as she parallels his disability and emotions to hopelessness. The author exposes the idea of regret in the boy’s decision to lie in order to “march [with men], and fight” instead of exploring his youthfulness with those of his age (Dobell 8-9). The dynamic imagery unfolds as the veteran’s emotional state is “broken with pain”. The horror he experienced in war doesn’t amount to his constant dread of getting dressed due to his post-traumatic stress disorder (Dobell 11-13). Reliving the tragedies one by one, he “strangles” his weeping and “heart-sick fear,” by facing it with strength, as a pluck soldier would (Dobell