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From Chapter six of the readings I found an interesting comparison when Paul Fussell was talking about education in a university after the war. He says, “What social institutions are the most dramatically opposite to the army? Colleges and universities.” That is one thing we hardly see in the movie, except for once I believe. He also mentions how he did not want to return to any conforming group. Both of these seemed opposite to what the characters in the movie did. None of them even gave a hint of going to a university and I think they all conformed. Fred started working at the same drug store he did before the war, Al was working at the bank and Homer, probably because of his handicap, had to stay at home. This just goes to show that everybody not only has different experiences during the war, but also after and how they choose to return to society. -afrisk | From Chapter six of the readings I found an interesting comparison when Paul Fussell was talking about education in a university after the war. He says, “What social institutions are the most dramatically opposite to the army? Colleges and universities.” That is one thing we hardly see in the movie, except for once I believe. He also mentions how he did not want to return to any conforming group. Both of these seemed opposite to what the characters in the movie did. None of them even gave a hint of going to a university and I think they all conformed. Fred started working at the same drug store he did before the war, Al was working at the bank and Homer, probably because of his handicap, had to stay at home. This just goes to show that everybody not only has different experiences during the war, but also after and how they choose to return to society. -afrisk | ||
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| + | I agree with Amy's point. Fussel's post war experiences were traumatizing to say the least. How hard it must have been for him to live with the nightmares and constant crying. In relation, Fred suffered from nightmares, or more like talking in his sleep. He would recount the same dream over and over, at the beginning of the movie and then it is brought up by his wife later. When the nightmares were brought up to Fred, it changed him and it was almost as if he didn't want to relive them again. Another interesting point was that Fussel talked about his change in attitude, from "my presiding emotion was annoyance, often intensifying to virtually disabling anger. Anger at my accepting invitations to make too many changes of identity too fast." (P. 211) I think this annoyance was exhibited in all 3 of the men, but especially Homer. When he broke the glass when he saw the kids watching him while he was doing shooting practice, his frustration had finally reached the threshold. I'm sure there was plenty for the soldiers to be annoyed at, or even angry at. In my opinion, they had a right to feel that way after returning from war. -- Alex M. | ||
== Questions asked in class == | == Questions asked in class == | ||
