Hacksaw Ridge Hacksaw Ridge is a film about an American conscientious objector named Desmond Doss during the time of World War II. He joins the war because he has pride for his country and feels an obligation to serve, but does so without ever holding a gun. Desmond previously turned to a life of following Christ, and never backs down. He faces many trials, but perseveres, and in the end he becomes a war hero. Desmond is brave and unselfish, and it benefits everyone around him even if they don’t appreciate it at first. In one scene early in the film, a flashback occurs with Desmond and his parents, a few years prior to the war. His dad is in a violent drunken state, and is beating Desmond’s mom. Desmond grabs a pistol and holds it to his …show more content…
Tom begins to explain his experiences during World War I, which he fought in as a young man. He tells Desmond about his best friend, who grew up with him and was always by his side. They did everything together, and decided to enlist in the Army together. While in battle, Tom’s friend was shot through the back, internal organs spilling out of his gut. Tom explains through the tears that war is not something to be taken lightly, that it is evil and gruesome. He says how it ruined his life, and how he has never gotten over his best friend being killed right alongside of him while he somehow gets to live. It is no surprise that Tom doesn’t initially appreciate what Desmond has decided to do, and tells Desmond he never wants to see him …show more content…
He does his best to look the other way by returning their insults with kindness. One night, when Doss is asleep in the barracks, he is dragged out of bed and beaten up by a gang of soldiers, led by one named Smitty Ryker. They taunt Desmond and tell him to hit them, but he doesn’t fight back. In the morning, he wakes up first and begins working on chores. Sergeant Howell notices Desmond’s bruised state and asks him who assaulted him, but Desmond refuses to say who. Instead, he insists that he “just fell out of bed”. It is in that moment when Howell changes his opinion of Doss. He tells Doss that he will stick up for him no matter what, and if he ever finds out who beat him up he will make sure that individual sees the consequences. This is the first scene where someone around Doss realizes the bravery he is showing, and begins to see it that way instead of cowardice. He allows Doss to continue his training to be a medic without having to touch a gun. This progression becomes a theme throughout the movie, as characters begin to realize that Doss is actually the opposite of a coward, and they begin to admire him. The higher the stakes, the quicker people around him are to change their opinion. This can be seen throughout the rest of the
When Sam goes out late to leave the camp he was at during the war, he goes home to talk to his family and then he hears sounds outside and he finds patriot soldiers trying to steal his family's cattle and Sam tries to stop them. later when he returns to his camp he is accused for leaving the camp and for stealing property, and general Putnam decides to execute him and he dies. When Tim finds out he is very devastated.
Additionally, the Corporal basically told Dahl that he wasn't going to be able to survive and the worst-case scenarios that could happen to him, which is the opposite of what David did once he heard about Dahl's situation. For example, the text states, "I’ll tell you what’s goin’ to ’appen to it,’ the Corporal said, working himself up. ‘Crash bang wallop! Shot down in flames! Explodin’ in the air!
He figured out that his personality had changed and realized that he now felt more mean. War changes people, with some changes being very dramatic and very quick. This is evident in the behavior of Norman Bowker, Bob “Rat” Kiley, and Tim O’Brien. These changes affected each person differently, but they all had dramatic changes to their personalities. These changes have very severe effects on each person.
After the traumatic event, the Brennans are continuously mistreated, causing them to feel they are “no longer wanted” (Burke, pg 1). After feeling ostracised by the township, the alienated Brennan family are driven to leave the town of Mumbilli at 4:30am. With hardly any peer support, Tom begins to lose his sense of security, resulting in his transformation into an unconfident teen who is afraid of public opinion. It is no wonder that Tom is unable to move on in his new town as he is being held back in fear of revealing his past. Burke tactfully illustrates Tom’s emotional kaleidoscope through phrases such as “I felt the knot snap” and “my guts landing at my feet” (Burke, pg 172) when reflecting on the accident. On the contrary, with encouragement from family members, Tom begins to step out of his comfort zone and face the future that is to
...the novel Mrs. Ross and Robert are both left blind representing a physical embodiment of their discontent with the world. The tragic misfortunes they have witnessed throughout the novel culminated into an overwhelming darkness they have welcomed. Timothy Findley teaches the reader through Mrs. Ross, that the repercussions of the death of just one person, like Monty Miles, can traumatize a person forever. Mrs. Ross further emphasizes the holistic effect of war, especially on the families watching the doors for their sons return. Hence, Mrs. Ross’s relationship with her son throughout the course of the book, teaches us what it means to truly appreciate life. We sometimes look at war with a scope that does not allow us to comprehend what the loss of life truly means. However, in this novel we learn that life is truly sacred, especially in the eyes of a loving mother.
The dramatic realization of the fact that the war will affect a member of the Chance family is apparent in this quote. The amount of sorrow and emotions felt by the Chance family, and for that matter, all families who had children, brothers, husbands, or fathers, drafted into what many felt was a needless war. The novel brings to life what heartache many Americans had to face during the Vietnam era, a heartache that few in my generation have had the ability to realize.
Before the move to Coghill, Tom wanted his old life back. He sees the accident as the end of his life, though this he seems to have lost connection to his family and his sense of identity. Tom feels guilty and ashamed about the irrevocable consequences of Daniel’s irresponsibility and the impact this had on other people and their families. Retreats into a depressed state which feels empty and black. After the accident, Tom’s life was changed forever.
...er, leaving only a tranquil mind to believe that life burden is more important than his dignity. He manages to conquer his insecurity and accepts the obligation to go to Vietnam. Tim calls himself a coward---a soldier that finds courage to fight in the “wrong war”.
"War is hell . . . war is mystery terror and adventure and courage and discovery and despair and . . . war is nasty (80)." When it all happened it was not like "a movie you aren't a hero and all you can do is whimper and wait (211)." O'Brien and the rest of the solders were just ordinary people thrust into extraordinary situations. They needed to tell blatant lies" to "bring the body and soul back together (239)." They needed to eliminate the reality of death. As ordinary people they were not capable of dealing with the engulfing realities of death and war therefore they needed to create coping skills. O'Brien approaches the loss of his childhood friend, Linda, in the same way he approaches the loss of his comrades in the war as this is the only way he knows how to deal with death. A skill he learned, and needed, in the Vietnam War.
War is often thought about as something that hardens a soldier. It makes a person stronger emotionally because they are taught not show it and deal with it internally. People say that death in war is easier to handle because it is for the right reasons and a person can distance themselves from the pain of losing someone. However, there is always a point when the pain becomes too real and it is hard to maintain that distance. In doing so, the story disputes the idea that witnessing a traumatic event causes a numbing or blockage of feelings. Rat Kiley’s progression of sentiment began with an initial concern for the buffalo, transforming into an irate killing of the animal, and then ending with an ultimate acceptance of death. These outward displays of feeling suggested that witnessing the death of a close friend caused him to become emotionally involved in the war.
This film by virtue of its independence has shied away from the usual hype associated with American movies. The result is an original screenplay by Billy Bob Thornton that is transformed into a mesmerising tale of the south. Thornton cast actors with ability rather than their image or ‘Hollywood status’. Sling Blade challenges us to re-evaluate our principles and our definitions of right, wrong and of justice.
When Gene comes to terms with the accident causing Finny’s injury and leading to his death, Gene finds his separate peace. As Gene walks around the Devon School fifteen years after being a student, he says, “I never killed anybody and I never developed an intense level of hatred for the enemy. Because my war ended before I ever put on a uniform; I was on active duty all my time at school; I killed my enemy there” (204). Here Gene’s recognized confession demonstrates that he has removed himself from his innocence, thus allowing him to acknowledge accountability for Finny’s injury and reach his separate peace. Gene also takes away with him an understanding of how Finny never faces an enemy and completely loses his image of innocence. After his confession, Gene points out, “Only Phineas never was afraid, only Phineas never hated anyone. Other people experienced this fearful shock somewhere, this sighting of the enemy, and so began an obsessive labor of defense, began to parry the menace they saw facing them by developing a particular frame of mind” (204). This valuable comprehension impacts Gene and his separate peace, because he knows one who has no hatred is not afraid of any enemy. Although symbolizing an image of peace, Finny finds his separate peace once he accepts the presences of the time period’s events, specifically World War II. At the hospital, Finny was looking over the things that Gene had packed in his suitcase, because he broke his leg once again. While doing so, Finny tells Gene, “I wish to God there wasn’t any war. . . I don’t know if I can take this with a war on. . . What good are you in a war with a busted leg!” (189-190). Continuing to look through his suitcase, Finny goes on to Gene and says, “I’ve been writing to the Army and the Navy and the Marines and the Canadians and everybody else all winter. . .They all gave me the same answer
At the beginning of the book, Tommo is a young man fighting in the trenches of WW1 and something terrible is going to happen to his brother that he can do nothing about. At that moment, he takes a look back to his childhood, trying to remember all the good memories, to take his mind off what is going to happen. Tommo does this in the space of one night with paragraph at the start of each chapter telling you about the what he is doing now, and the rest is Tommo remembering.
My thoughts on the movie Hacksaw Ridge would be well judged and fair criticism because it was a timeline of a marvelous boy's life that one moment would tell the future of his whole life. The movie started when a boy named Dalton had seen this beautiful nurse and he was just staring at her for the longest time. Then he finally had the courage to walk over the and he was five feet from here just staring and the nurse said can I help u and he said: “ I need my belt “. In that moment in the movie, he knew that he had found that one girl that he was going to spend the rest of his life with. In life, it's hard to find that one and Dalton found her at a young age.To also be fine with her husband going to war where he could die and he was fine with
The repetition of death in this poem shows us the repetitive cycle of loss in the war and how the relationship between the living and the dead became closer. Although the brother is not dead, the distance between each other is a loss enough to perceive him as dead, thus shifting their relationship. Memories of being in the war itself have a great impact on the relationships around you. This is heavily depicted in Bruce Weigl’s Song of Napalm. Throughout this poem, we see how the invasive memories of the war skew his perceptions of life.