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In the beginning when the three main characters are returning home in a taxi, Homer suggests "going to Butch's for a drink" before being dropped off at his home. This statement had some implications, primarily the anxiety being felt by the soldiers about returning home. This is important because it shows that the hesitance and reluctance goes both ways (between soldiers and their families). Furthermore, I assumed that all the men would be excited about returning home, but this movie shows how complex their feelings were about returning to their families. - David F. | In the beginning when the three main characters are returning home in a taxi, Homer suggests "going to Butch's for a drink" before being dropped off at his home. This statement had some implications, primarily the anxiety being felt by the soldiers about returning home. This is important because it shows that the hesitance and reluctance goes both ways (between soldiers and their families). Furthermore, I assumed that all the men would be excited about returning home, but this movie shows how complex their feelings were about returning to their families. - David F. | ||
| − | The movie did a good job with portraying how upon entering Boone, the soldiers are almost shocked to find that nothing has changed. Visually, to them, it seemed as if they never left home. I believe it's Homer who points out that men are playing golf and the high school football team was playing a game and it is he who first points out that nothing has changed. As we discussed in class, these veterans saw and experienced things that most Americans couldn't even conceive. For these men to have changed so drastically and to come home to a place that seemed as if time had stood still, was an idea they had a hard time grasping. --Mallory C. | + | The movie did a good job with portraying how upon entering Boone, the soldiers are almost shocked to find that nothing has changed. Visually, to them, it seemed as if they never left home. I believe it's Homer who points out that men are playing golf and the high school football team was playing a game and it is he who first points out that nothing has changed. As we discussed in class, these veterans saw and experienced things that most Americans couldn't even conceive. For these men to have changed so drastically and to come home to a place that seemed as if time had stood still, was an idea they had a hard time grasping. --Mallory C. |
| + | I thought that the scene with Fred and all of the now defunct places was really staggering and drove home the question of what happens after the war and what does a nation do. It's also a subtle nod to the droves of people who must have been working to crank out so many planes during the war and echoes their uselessness post-war. --Amanda Russell | ||
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