Monuments Men Theme Essay

The themes that I believe emerge throughout the book are sacrifice, going the distance, and fighting back. Some people believe that art is not worth a life, but the Monument Mens believe that it is. Theme of sacrifice is shown when Monuments Men act on their belief that art and the history that comes with it needs the be protected. They believed that it is needed by the human race in the future so they died protecting it. They sacrificed themselves for the future. Robert Edsel, the author of the book, wrote “But was art worth a life, Taper wanted to know. Like all Monuments Men, it was a question that haunted him. “I had that choice,” Leonard said. “I chose to remove the bombs. It was worth the reward.” “What reward?” “When
I finished, I got to sit in Chartres Cathedral, the cathedral I had helped save, for almost an hour. Alone”. The next theme that is shown is going the distance and never giving up. It was a challenge to locate the stolen art and protect the rest of the art.
The Monuments Men never gave up when they could not do things because of their low rank, find the art, or were trapped in terrible situations. They gave the search more than their all. The final theme I saw was fighting back for what you believe in. After Hitler came up with a plan to create a new Germany, he started taking all different types of art. The Monument believed in the importance of art and fought back. I can relate to two of the themes in the book, sacrifice and going the distance. There are some things in my life that I would sacrifice my life for. One of them is my grandparents and my brothers. I do not think I would sacrifice my life for an object, though, like the Monument Men did. A real life example of sacrifice is what firemen, police, military people, and just ordinary heroes do on a daily basis.They risk their lives by protecting and saving people. In life, there are only a few things I would go the distance for. They are school, getting something i have my heart set on, D.I., and myself and my family. I do my very best for all these things and I give them my all. So all the themes are relevant to life. In this book the author is
bias. He is on the art side and against the Nazis stealing the art or destroying it. Through the whole entire book he is describing the Nazi military as corrupt, selfish, and some other things. He even had some things to say about the Alies head officers. The only people he described in a good way was the Monument Men and others who were trying to save the art.