This novel captured my interest and held it to the final chapter! I not only learned about the history of World War II, but also of the emotional impact it had on soldiers and their families. The Gunderman family was a family devoted to each other. The realization that their oldest son, Jimmy, had to fight for his country was devastating to them. The main character, Earl, was the younger half-brother. He described himself as the weaker of the two. He and Jimmy were close and enjoyed being together. He vividly detailed the emotional struggles they went through as a family during the war and how they overcame the struggles together by trusting in each other.…
I did enjoy this book, it was very interesting. I think the book done a GREAT job on describing the topic and I definitely would recommend this book to a friend and to others because its very fascinating and talks about other events in history and other famous figures and also monuments. The book had some very good quotes and will leaving you hanging on the edge of your…
This book is a must read because it has a very personal account. It makes you feel like you are really there. Her writing is truly heartfelt. She tells about how she felt and how she felt that other people felt. She connects everything that she talks about with how she feeling about it, by showing her reaction in her writing. In her book she states that she went to school in the face of competition from governor Orval Faubus and the state National Guard, she shows how she felt about it while she goes on talking about the events.…
I think that this book is worth reading. I quite enjoyed this book. I enjoyed how it displayed to quality of life all Germans had after World War II. The harsh life that innocent Germans had. In this book Wilm does many devious acts that are quite risky, I love how he stands up for himself when nobody else does. There are several connections between the book and myself. Firstly the main character's name is Wilm and my name…
This novel is very different from the others that I have read. Tim O’Brien wrote this book to show how it was at Vietnam and what soldiers have to go thru. However he wrote this book under the genre of fiction because this way he could write things that were not true and still make it billable to the reader. Rather than him just saying things as they are. Perhaps if he told things as they really happen then the reader might not be interested of what was going on. Now the author wrote this book for two reasons.…
I certainly enjoyed this autobiography. After reading this book about the author, Philip Caputo, as a young man enlisted and trained so hard to become an American Marine Lieutenant in the Vietnam War, it gave me a whole different perspective of the war. My views of the Vietnam War are usually from the stories my family used to tell me when I was little, but I have never heard it from the viewpoint of a lieutenant. I already knew that when there is a war declared, the war is always attractive to young men who know nothing about it, and even though the men know nothing about the war, the men drafted in the war are…
This story is about a nineteen year old soldier named Paul Baumer followed by his friends while at war and it shows how it effects each and every one of them physically and mentally.“We were all at once terribly alone; and alone we must see it through.”(Remarque 13) World War I was a tragic war with more than 9 million soldiers dead, and roughly 21 million were injured in the end. Germany and France both sent millions of men between the ages 15-50 into the war. Throughout the book and the movie you can see and understand all of the tragic deaths that occurred on both sides of this war. Not only were there millions of deaths by the fighting but also many deaths by other things such as, soldier dying from lack of food, lack of reinforcements, rats running through the trenches, and lastly deadly gases in the air. Any soldier that actually did survive was considered “lucky” to Paul Baumer. “We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from ourselves. From our life.…
When I was looking for a book to read, this was one of the last ones on my list. I wanted to read about World War II – a war that seemed more interesting. However, this book and I crossed paths when all the books I wanted to read were out of stock at the bookstore. I thought I’d take a chance, and I’m glad I did. I fell into a book-induced stupor when I began reading it. After awhile I realized an hour and half had gone by and I was halfway through the book. I was engrossed by the…
The book can keep uou in suspense on what will happen next because of Rays imagery and tone the book will keep you interested. Everything about his story catches my attention. He goes into time to travel back into the past to see how it was.…
I have read many books about WWII but none of them have been like this one. While reading, the same word kept popping up in my head courageous and that is the fundamental of this story how one woman's courageousness never succumbed no matter how atrocious her life became.…
I hold a soft place in my heart for biographies, due to the fact that the truth is often more interesting that the human mind can make up. Telling the story of a man's life is beyond difficult. Telling the story of an olympian and a prisoner of war during world war two, and doing it well, to me that seems near impossible. Part of how fascinating this book is must be attributed Loiue Zamperini himself and his tremendous life, but you fail to give yourself enough credit for making sure the reader feels all the emotions that Mr. Zamperini feels, you do that through your meticulous research. During reading about the brutality that the POWs faced your heart sinks. You are inspired by the fact that the POW’s try to maintain dignity through regular acts of disobedience. As…
Secondly, I found the author’s comparison of American actions in World War II and the Iraq and Afghan Wars very interesting.…
What really caught my eye with this novel and pulled me to becoming interested with it was the culture. When you read this novel, you notice how some of the things that happen in Afghanistan don’t happen in the United States. It really makes the plot of the story unique. If you did not have the culture in this book, some of the occurrences would not have occurred. Mariam and Laila wouldn’t have been treated in such torment if the story did not take place in Afghanistan because of the society it has with the Taliban. Also, if you’re like me, you’re interested with how other citizens throughout the world live, whether it be the religion, or the language. The novel has many religious and language references. Many of the names aren’t familiar to…
Many of those things surprised the people then and still does. We say that a regime like the Nazi could happen again, but is has happen again. It hasn’t happened as a big extent like the Nazi, but has still happened. The book is seriously good because is based on a true story from real life. Because it based on a true story, it is an eye opener from me. It does not give me the same feeling if I read a book where the story is made. Many of those things can I relate to my on life. I know many that they would like to live there live, as a member of a group like The Wave. They want to have the feeling about to be a part of something, so they feel safe. The team in the book I relate to it very clearly. I have tried to play on a handball team were the discipline has very low and very high. The difference can I feel very clearly. I prefer to play on a team with high discipline and hard rules, then a team with low discipline and unserious about the sport. In that time I will prefer to live like a member on a group like The Wave. Because it does so we perform much better like a team. The book had done so I have think about all…
The book is meaningful and passes a great message, to a reader if he understands…