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The movie also showed how not all marriages survived the war. Many soldiers came home to find their families very different from when they had left. Fred's wife Marie is so upset with how different he has become that their marriage ends in divorce. Did many soldiers, like Homer, return home to girlfriends and were able to keep the relationship going? How many worked out nicely in the end? -- Kellye Sorber | The movie also showed how not all marriages survived the war. Many soldiers came home to find their families very different from when they had left. Fred's wife Marie is so upset with how different he has become that their marriage ends in divorce. Did many soldiers, like Homer, return home to girlfriends and were able to keep the relationship going? How many worked out nicely in the end? -- Kellye Sorber | ||
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| + | Kellye, 31% of all marriages existing in the US in 1946 ended in divorce that year. This would have been due to a variety of causes, primarily from the readjusting to family or friends. People can change a lot in three years, and remember there were quick marriages like Fred's before deployment, women becoming independent, veterans having mental problems, but also the new marriages like Homer coming home to marry his girl, though I don't know numbers for that, and, of course, the baby boom. I think this film pretty well represents different marriage situations resulting from war. Al kept his marriage and loved his family, but now he drank more. However, I believe that his wife Milly still being the sweetest, most selfless person in the movie is just that image of the ideal wife to a returning husband. -Whitney Holcomb | ||
According to what we learned in class, the film did a good job showing what returning servicemen had to deal with, in both relationships and in terms of getting back on their feet financially, and I'm glad to be seeing this after the lecture. Most particularly, we see about the provisions in the GI bill for loans, including the 50% explanation, and what that means for men like Mr. Novak; the 52/20 that Homer was able to benefit from; and also the Selective Service Act provision for men to get their old jobs back, with how that works for Al but doesn't help Fred much. One key thing that we can get from this is how the legislation passed in anticipation of after the war was able to benefit some veterans more than others, in different ways, depending on their situations, their readjustments to family life, their dreams, and their past experiences. -Whitney Holcomb | According to what we learned in class, the film did a good job showing what returning servicemen had to deal with, in both relationships and in terms of getting back on their feet financially, and I'm glad to be seeing this after the lecture. Most particularly, we see about the provisions in the GI bill for loans, including the 50% explanation, and what that means for men like Mr. Novak; the 52/20 that Homer was able to benefit from; and also the Selective Service Act provision for men to get their old jobs back, with how that works for Al but doesn't help Fred much. One key thing that we can get from this is how the legislation passed in anticipation of after the war was able to benefit some veterans more than others, in different ways, depending on their situations, their readjustments to family life, their dreams, and their past experiences. -Whitney Holcomb | ||
