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The movie does well at showing what soldiers returning from overseas had to face when they came back home. Freddy comes home to learn that his wife has found a new job and moved in with herself, Mr. Stevenson(AL) finds that he is entitled to an even better job (unlike Fred) and Homer faces the tough task of adjusting to life in general with artificial hands. Although it may seem that Homer faces the most psychological challenge, Freddy also faces challenges of confronting his past, as war memories seem to haunt him sporadically throughout the movie. The wives of the soldiers also seem to be portrayed in extremes; Homer's wife supports him and shows her love for him more than the other two and Freddy's wife gave him a hard as they end up divorcing. I would talk more about Al, but he just seems to have no problems at all at adjusting with the exception of maybe an acute fondness of drinking. -James Drury | The movie does well at showing what soldiers returning from overseas had to face when they came back home. Freddy comes home to learn that his wife has found a new job and moved in with herself, Mr. Stevenson(AL) finds that he is entitled to an even better job (unlike Fred) and Homer faces the tough task of adjusting to life in general with artificial hands. Although it may seem that Homer faces the most psychological challenge, Freddy also faces challenges of confronting his past, as war memories seem to haunt him sporadically throughout the movie. The wives of the soldiers also seem to be portrayed in extremes; Homer's wife supports him and shows her love for him more than the other two and Freddy's wife gave him a hard as they end up divorcing. I would talk more about Al, but he just seems to have no problems at all at adjusting with the exception of maybe an acute fondness of drinking. -James Drury | ||
| − | Got a few notes on the economic issues portrayed in the film. The movie shows Mr. Cameron making predictions that there will be a depression because of all the soldiers returning home, a widespread thought at the time. Also, I thought other servicemen were guaranteed loans, however Al seems overly hesitant to give a loan to another serviceman because he has no collateral. The movie also makes reference to and shows soldiers receiving unemployment. War time savings put a lot of soldiers at an advantage, or at least helped make their transition home a lot easier. Fred mentions he saved 1000 or received it from the treasury somehow. That seems like a lot of money in an economy when groceries might have been a few cents and the most expensive of perfumes were a few bucks. How did he go through all that money so fast?--Especially since the time span of the movie looks to only be a few months if that.--James Drury | + | Got a few notes on the economic issues portrayed in the film. The movie shows Mr. Cameron making predictions that there will be a depression because of all the soldiers returning home, a widespread thought at the time. Also, I thought other servicemen were guaranteed loans, however Al seems overly hesitant to give a loan to another serviceman because he has no collateral. The movie also makes reference to and shows soldiers receiving unemployment. |
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| + | War time savings put a lot of soldiers at an advantage, or at least helped make their transition home a lot easier. Fred mentions he saved 1000 or received it from the treasury somehow. That seems like a lot of money in an economy when groceries might have been a few cents and the most expensive of perfumes were a few bucks. How did he go through all that money so fast?--Especially since the time span of the movie looks to only be a few months if that.--James Drury | ||
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