Difference between revisions of "329-2010--Week 11 Questions/Comments"
From McClurken Wiki
Celiacroft (Talk | contribs) (→Things the movie got right) |
Celiacroft (Talk | contribs) (→Comments on the reading versus the movie) |
||
| Line 98: | Line 98: | ||
The characters' experiences mirrored a few of Paul Fussell's experiences. Specifically, Fussell says he "became obsesssed with the imagined obligation to go it alone, absolutely ..." (176). Homer echoes this sentiment during his conversation with Wilma in the garage. She offers to help him adjust, but he says it's something he has to do by himself. I can't quote a source here, but from watching The History Channel I know that many WWII vets never, ever talked about their war experiences with their families. Again, we see this reticence in the movie and in the reading---Fussell writes cheerful lies about his wound, and in the movie Fred doesn't tell his father what he did in the war. Another parallel between the reading and the movie is anger. Fussell seems eaten up with it, and Al Stephenson (the infantry sergeant/banker) also operates on a very short fuse. --- Debbi S. | The characters' experiences mirrored a few of Paul Fussell's experiences. Specifically, Fussell says he "became obsesssed with the imagined obligation to go it alone, absolutely ..." (176). Homer echoes this sentiment during his conversation with Wilma in the garage. She offers to help him adjust, but he says it's something he has to do by himself. I can't quote a source here, but from watching The History Channel I know that many WWII vets never, ever talked about their war experiences with their families. Again, we see this reticence in the movie and in the reading---Fussell writes cheerful lies about his wound, and in the movie Fred doesn't tell his father what he did in the war. Another parallel between the reading and the movie is anger. Fussell seems eaten up with it, and Al Stephenson (the infantry sergeant/banker) also operates on a very short fuse. --- Debbi S. | ||
| + | |||
| + | The general sense of cynicism and frustration was very clear in both Paul Fussell's account and the film. It would be incredibly aggravating to come home from a war and have people around you be happy. There was a line early in the film when the men are returning to their hometown, and one of them says, "People playing golf. Just as if nothing had ever happened." If I had been through what those soldiers went through and I returned home to a cheery community that looked untouched by the war, I would be so frustrated and angry. There's no way they can know what the soldiers have seen, and even though they sympathize for them and try to make them feel better, there is a huge gap between the veterans and the community. I think that is made very evident in the film and the reading. - Celia | ||
| + | |||
