Character Analysis “My father used to call all soldiers angel warriors,” he said. “Because usually they get boys to fight wars. Most of you aren’t old enough to vote yet (Myers 44).” Lieutenant Carroll set the tone for the book. He had all the good characteristics to be an excellent lieutenant. Lieutenant Carroll was a smart, sympathetic and well liked man. Lieutenant Carroll was a smart man when it came to war. He never he could never bring himself to leave any man behind at war (Myers 38). Carroll was the smartest platoon leader Perry could have had. He always made sure his men were safe and accounted for. If someone was left behind Lieutenant Carroll would always risk his life for his men. Being able to risk his own life to save a platoon members life showed how dedicated he was to doing his job. …show more content…
Even in the inevitable face of death Lieutenant Carroll thinks about Perry.
This shows how Lieutenant Carroll is a sympathetic man. While he knows he is going to die he pulls Perry and tells Perry to give his jacket to Kenny (Myers 89). Thinking about a gift to Kenny while he is dying shows how he puts others before himself. Being a sympatchic leader allows his platoon to be comfortable around him and count on him. Lieutenant Carroll's platoon had faith and trust in the way he lead them. They trusted him with their lives, because they knew he would do anything to save them. He is willing to go into open fire for his men, Carroll is sympathetic to his men (Myers 37-39). Everyone on Lieutenant Carroll’s platoon liked him. He was a well liked man. Not only did he risk his life to save others, he gave people money and gave those in need wine for free (Myers 45). The actions he takes makes his men like him. Before Jenkins died all the men were close to Jenkins. After he died Lieutenant Carroll said a prayer for Jenkins and it showed his men he deserved to be liked and trusted him (Myers
37). Lieutenant Carroll had a strong purpose in the Fallen Angels. He set the tone for the title. “My father used to call all soldiers angel warriors,” he said. “Because usually they get boys to fight wars. Most of you aren’t old enough to vote yet (Myers 44).” That phrase Lieutenant Carroll said allowed the title of the book to come about. Along with the title Lieutenant Carroll set an example of how leaders of platoons should be. Platoon leaders should be smart, sympathetic and well liked like Lieutenant Carroll was.
Before going to Alaska, Chris McCandless had failed to communicate with his family while on his journey; I believe this was Chris’s biggest mistake. Chris spent time with people in different parts of the nation while hitchhiking, most of them whom figured out that McCandless kept a part of him “hidden”. In chapter three, it was stated that Chris stayed with a man named Wayne Westerberg in South Dakota. Although Westerberg was not seen too often throughout the story, nevertheless he was an important character. Introducing himself as Alex, McCandless was in Westerberg’s company for quite some time: sometimes for a few days, other times for several weeks. Westerberg first realized the truth about Chris when he discovered his tax papers, which stated that “McCandless’s real name was Chris, not Alex.” Wayne further on claims that it was obvious that “something wasn’t right between him and his family” (Krakauer 18). Further in the book, Westerberg concluded with the fact that Chris had not spoken to his family “for all that time, treating them like dirt” (Krakauer 64). Westerberg concluded with the fact that during the time he spent with Chris, McCandless neither mentioned his
... patrols and his men had very little trust in him because he would not do anything that he was asking them to do. He was however a good leader in that he did not give up on his men like SFC Gallagher did. He had a plan going into the situation and did not let his inexperience detour him. He knew the platoon he was going to was a problem platoon and he accepted the challenge and attacked it head on. He held the men to a higher standard than they had been in the past and tried to pick them up and dust them off. He aided 1LT Norton in reviving 1st platoon and building their morale back up, they were just getting back on their feet when the incident at JSB happened where two soldiers went missing and then the rape and murder was investigated effectively ending 1st platoons deployment, but nonetheless SFC Fenlason was there through it all and stuck with his platoon.
A human being develops and grows throughout their life through many challenges and sometimes it takes an event in one’s life to change a person. In the novel “The Caine Mutiny” by Herman Wouk, is a novel about Willie Keith, a chubby and well educated son from an upper class family who joins the Navy. Willie goes into the Columbia University School of Journalism, which has been converted for the war effort. He is almost rejected because of his physical reasons of not being fit, but his Princeton background saves him from being rejected. As soon as he stepped in this navy life and went through a long journey with the navy crew , Willie became more independent, responsible and courageous.
Have you ever felt so much guilt and shame that you want to kill yourself? Francis Cassavant in Heroes, by Robert Cormier, is a realistic and relatable character who has suffered from this feeling ever since he was little. Even as a child, he has felt unusual and out of place compared to everyone else. Francis’s characteristics determine his actions throughout his story and motivate him to join the army, beginning his expedition as a so-called “hero”.
Sean Parnell was a normal college student, partying on the weekends, going to class when he wanted, and being as carefree as one could be. A year later, he becomes the leader of a forty-man platoon at the ripe age of twenty-four. After being the leader of the platoon for only eight short months Parnell claims he “had enough knowledge to know that he didn’t know anything” (page 27). The job of ...
One of the main characters in the short story “The Things They Carried”, written by Tim O’Brien, is a twenty-four year old Lieutenant named Jimmy Cross. Jimmy is the assigned leader of his infantry unit in the Vietnam War, but does not assume his role accordingly. Instead, he’s constantly daydreaming, along with obsessing, over his letters and gifts from Martha. Martha is a student at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey, Jimmy’s home state. He believes that he is in love with Martha, although she shows no signs of loving him. This obsession is a fantasy that he uses to escape from reality, as well as, take his mind off of the war that surrounds him, in Vietnam. The rest of the men in his squad have items that they carry too, as a way of connecting to their homes. The story depicts the soldiers by the baggage that they carry, both mentally and physically. After the death of one of his troops, Ted Lavender, Jimmy finally realizes that his actions have been detrimental to the squad as a whole. He believes that if he would have been a better leader, that Ted Lavender would have never been shot and killed. The physical and emotional baggage that Jimmy totes around with him, in Vietnam, is holding him back from fulfilling his responsibilities as the First Lieutenant of his platoon. Jimmy has apparent character traits that hold him back from being the leader that he needs to be, such as inexperience and his lack of focus; but develops the most important character trait in the end, responsibility.
"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.
Christopher Johnson McCandless, a.k.a Alexander Supertramp, “Master of his Own Destiny.” He was an intelligent young man who presented himself as alone but really he was never lonely. However, he believed that life was better lived alone, with nature, so he ventured off throughout western United States before setting off into Alaska’s wild unprepared where he died. Some may say he was naive to go off on such a mission without the proper food and equipment but he was living life the way he wanted to and during his travels he came across three people: Jan Burres, Ronald Franz, and Wayne Westerberg. McCandless befriended these people, it is believed that he made such a strong impression on them that their connection left them with strange feelings after finding out about McCandless’ death.
Chamberlain is the main Union leader in this novel and he provides the different view of the War than the Lee but in the rank of a colonel he is significantly lower than Lee. He was one of the interesting Union soldiers of the Civil War and he was of popular Union commander. At first, he was the college professor from the State of Maine, he volunteered to serve as a Union Army of American Civil War. He had an interesting life. He was an excellent soldier by the end of the war. But this gentleman accepted the surrender of the Confederate forces at the town in central Virginia called Appomattox. In this novel the author tries to strike an exact balance between college professor and as a soldier and he was more educated and thoughtful than other soldiers. He likes to evaluate everything he sees in his life, but through poetically and he has more experience with the battle than many other characters in “The Killer Angel”. His brother, Tom is his aides because of that he had difficult position and he realizes that he may be required to make an order Tom into harm’s way, maybe to his death. As a Union soldiers during the Civil War, he was the soldier with the soul of a poet and he provides the best and insightful analysis with the feelings and motivations in this
In his book, My Fellow Soldiers, Andrew Carroll tells the story of World War I through the eyes of the American participants. He uses quotes, personal letters and diaries, from an array of characters, to depict a day in the life of a WWI warrior. Though, he narrows his focus on the untold story of General John J. Pershing, a US army leader. He uniquely talks about the General's vulnerable and emotional side. "Pershing was notoriously strong-willed, to the point of seeming cold, rigid, and humorless, almost more machine than man" (p.XVIII). Pershing is commonly recognized for his accomplishments during the war and remembered for his sternness. He was "…especially unforgiving when it came to matters of discipline" (p. XVIII). Nicknamed "Black Jack" due to his mercilessness towards his soldiers, in this book, Pershing is portrayed as a General with much determination and devotion to his troops, family, and close friends.
One of the hardest events that a soldier had to go through during the war was when one of their friends was killed. Despite their heartbreak they could not openly display their emotions. They could not cry because soldiers do not cry. Such an emotional display like crying would be sign of weakness and they didn’t want to be weak, so they created an outlet. “They were actors. When someone died, it wasn’t quite dying because in a curious way it seemed scripted”(19). Of course things were scripted especially when Ted Lavender died. It had happened unexpectedly and if they didn’t have something planned to do while they were coping they would all have broken down especially Lieutenant Cross. Cross...
According to the movie, the narrator is the Chief Inspector Uhl. This is seen when he recites Eisenheim past when he is asked he he knows of him. Additionally, during certain scenes, the camera angle is usually faced behind the inspector representing that the audience sees from his perspective.
The definition of insane/ mentally unstable is "in a state of mind that prevents normal perception, behavior, or social interaction." The way the characters interact with each other in a social environment can determine what is the basis for "sane." For example, Colonel Cathcart continuously raises the number of missions he has his men fly for his own gain. He is eager to volunteer his men for dangerous missions in the hopes that he will be promoted for his actions.He doesn't have any regard for the lives of his men, which brings into question his sanity. Many of the soldiers believe Yossarian to be crazy as a result of his unorthodox behaviors. He responds and reacts to situations more uniquely than the other men. Particularly when faced with
During the Vietnam War, the first platoon (approximately forty men) was lead by a young officer named William Calley. Young Calley was drafted into the US Army after high school, but it did not take long for him to adjust to being in the army, with a quick transition to the lifestyle of the military, he wanted to make it his career. In high school, Calley was a kind, likable and “regular” high school student, he seemed to be a normal teenager, having interest in things that other boys his age typically had. He was never observed acting in a cruel or brutal way. In Vietnam, Calley was under direct order of company commander, Captain Ernest Medina, whom he saw as a role model, he looked up to Medina. (Detzer 127).
The main protagonist of the story, Elizabeth Bennet (nicknamed both Lizzy and Eliza), is the second daughter in the Bennet family. Second only to her elder sister in beauty, Elizabeth’s figure is said to be “light and pleasing,” with “dark eyes,” and “intelligent…expression” (24). At 20 years old, she is still creating her place in society. Known for her wit and playful nature, “Elizabeth is the soul of Pride and Prejudice, [she] reveals in her own person the very title qualities that she spots so easily” (“Pride and Prejudice”) in others. Her insightfulness often leads her to jump to conclusions and think herself above social demand. These tendencies lead her to be prejudice towards others; this is an essential characteristic of her role