How does the extreme hardship and conflict of war affect an individual? War always takes a toll on the individual and leaves drastic changes to the human soul; this loss of innocence is a recurring motif and major theme throughout the novel. Erich Remarque’s All Quiet on the Western Front is one of the greatest war novels of all time. The story follows the protagonist‚ Paul Baumer‚ a young‚ artistic boy who enlists into the German army in World War I and challenges the false glorification of war
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Ashlyn Eisenga April 28‚ 2013 Anthem Essay: Literary Elements Anthem A genre is a category of expressing oneself in writing. According to Wikipedia’s list of genres‚ the genre of Anthem can be viewed as speculative fiction. Fiction is a writing about things‚ events and characters that are not true. Ayn Rands uses dystopia as her fictitious genre. The Wikipedia also goes on to say that Dystopia is a community that is in some important way‚ undesireable or frightening. Dystopian societies
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to get away from war. On the way to their destination‚ the plane crashes and all of the adults are killed. The boys’ situation will change from being normal‚ to being alone with no adults. In the novel‚ Lord of the Flies‚ William Golding shows the loss of identity in the boys when they descend into savages because of their need for social structure. The boys hide their identities by covering their faces with paint‚ and wearing so called ‘masks’. When Jack and his gang cover themselves with paint
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ANTHEM ESSAY In many real and fictionalized totalitarian societies‚ children live apart from their families. In Ayn Rand’s novella‚ ‘Anthem’‚ dictatorial leaders enforce this living arrangement in order to control all the people‚ since they are born. Ayn Rand conceived this novel when she was a teenager living in the Soviet-Russia. At the time‚ the Soviet-Russia was‚ as the Anthem society‚ an equal collectivism society‚ in which the leaders and governments have the upmost control‚ and people are
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of a hidden tunnel from the Unmentionable Times‚ he uncovers not only a forbidden past‚ but individuality and the word “I” as well. “To be free‚ a man must be free from his brothers” is significant because even though the leaders of the society in Anthem tried to keep everyone equal Equality is full of curiosity that leads him to unfathomable discoveries. Equality discovers his own individuality without the help from his brothers‚ he ventures on his own and feels better about himself because he realizes
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Anthem paper As the novel opens Equality 7-2521 states that what he’s doing is a sin. In his society it is a sin to do things that do not involve others‚ and the words he thinks and writes are for no one eyes to see or hear‚ but his own. In his society everyone thinks the same‚ and if you were to be the different one you would be sent to the palace of correction and detention. Equality 7-2521 actually had a mind of his own. “But here‚ In our tunnel we feel it no longer’ when Equality states this
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Loss of Innocence in Burn my Heart Burn My Heart a novel by Beverly Naidoo portrays two boys of different races in a racist country. Mathew is friends with both Mugo and Lance. The biggest difference between Lance and Mugo is that Mugo is poor and has no friends while Lance is rich and very popular. Mathew needs Lance to be his friend so he gains some popularity whilst Mugo has always been his loyal friend. Mugo is always there for Mathew and he always listen to what Mathew wants sometimes giving
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Society is filled with corrupt adults‚ which makes it inevitable for the loss of childhood innocence as children enter into the adult world. Some say that society can change and take a turn for the better‚ and though it may not be filled with honest‚ pure hearted people‚ it can be more genuine and more about the heart and less about success and materialistic pursuits. Others say that society cannot change and that it will continue to be corrupt and filled with selfish individuals‚ regardless of
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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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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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