many 18 year olds off to fight for their country-when most had never picked up a gun. The question always remains‚ whose war are we fighting? In Tim O’Brien’s short story "The Things They Carried" there are many examples of the psychological loss of innocence of a young soldier. Similarly‚ in Louise Erdrich’s "The Red Convertible‚" the reader becomes acquainted with the effects of war after returning home. In both works the trauma that a young soldier experiences is made painfully real. In essence
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many of the children are forced to grow up before their time and lose the innocence that makes them young. Being on an island‚ lost and without guidance‚ changes how they interact with each other and brings out very primal instincts of humans. Throughout the book‚ Ralph undergoes many hardships that test him as an individual and teach him things unfit even for most adults. In the beginning‚ the reader sees first signs of Ralph’s change when he decides they need rules and civilization. He embodies a
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must be treated as equals. This makes Ralph a better leader as he is able to acknowledge that he was not superior to any of the other boys. Ralph’s wisdom and ability to look to the future also make him a superior leader. Ralph has the sense to keep his focus on getting off the island. He insists on keeping the fire burning as a distress signal. Ralph’s leadership provides peace and order to the island while Jack’s leadership makes chaos. Ralph as the leader on the island shows much initiative
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What is Ralph’s purpose in this story? How did the power lines distract your train of thought? I would like to know more about Ralph because he just appeared in the story then left after saying 5 phrases to John. However knowing anything about Ralph won’t tell me
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In "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles‚ it is evident that Finny and Leper undergo the most traumatic experiences from the Class of 1943. Through these experiences‚ both characters lose much of their innocence and naivety. Finny‚ upon learning of the existence of the war and Gene’s moment of hatred‚ learns to accept realities and perceive the world as it is‚ not as the perfect childlike image he wants it to be. However‚ when Leper enlists in the army‚ he quickly begins to have hallucinations because
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A Loss of Innocence Should Never be Taken Lightly War is a hellish battleground where many lives are taken. In war there is constantly images and events that happen which can change a soldier’s life forever. In the book All Quiet on the Western Front Remarque uses the symbols of boots‚ butterflies and horses to advance the main theme in the novel‚ that war takes young men’s innocence away. When a soldier begins his first training camp or when he kills his first man‚ his boots are there warming
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At the very beginning of the novel‚ Golding has described Ralph as the “the boy with fair hair”. Fair hair does not only mean that his hair is golden‚ but also shows that he is fair to everyone which is foreshadowing of what Ralph’s style of leadership is. As for Jack‚ he looks a bit ugly‚ as “his face was crumpled and freckled‚ and ugly without silliness.” He is smart‚ but he doesn’t really show the smartness in some positive ways. The wrong use of his smartness finally leads to a sad ending. Later
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In today’s society‚ there are some people never really understand the qualities of a good leader. They instead vote for the ones who make choices that they like‚ but doesn’t benefit society as a whole. William Golding symbolizes this idea in his novel‚ Lord of the Flies ‚ when a group of young boys become trapped on an island and must form their own society. The children choose Ralph as their leader‚ who does his very best to maintain order. His authority is later threatened by Jack‚ a bloodthirsty
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spans his adult life” (Shmoop Editorial Team). Some of his beliefs were that peace and tranquility should be present in the world. Salinger also sensed that we all once had innocence when we were children. The way Salinger felt he could express this feeling was through his writing and he reflects the loss of peace and innocence in a Perfect Day for Bananafish. When Seymour was spending time with a child named Sybil‚ Seymour was content and had peace.The reader would be able to infer Seymour liked
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leader‚ but lacks the experience and the knowledge to lead. Jack is an example of a leader‚ as he can easily get the bigger‚ more knowledgeable boys to go with him‚ while Ralph ends up with Simon‚ Piggy‚ and the litte’uns. Several examples of Ralph’s deteriorating leadership position include‚ “I say! You voted me for chief. Didn’t you hear the conch?” (Golding) As said from Ralph‚ this explains how he is barely respected as a leader anymore‚ only to the Littleuns‚ Piggy‚ and Samneric. He is
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