Beasts of No Nation by Uzodinma Iweala depicts a young male orphan shoved into a West African guerilla fighting group in the midst of a civil war. As the novel progresses, the boy, whose name is Agu, is unwillingly introduced to the unique culture of the African soldiers. The book is narrated by Agu himself and therefore is in first person. As a result, all of the information absorbed by Agu during his time as a soldier is shared to the reader in a very unfiltered and genuine manner. Being a story predominately oriented around war, the physical setting and climate as well as aberrant behavior were primary aspects of the West African culture that was portrayed. The narration of a young, innocent boy combined with the incivility and authority of the older soldiers creates an objectively disturbing, albeit authentic representation of …show more content…
As constantly mentioned during the novel, the climate is intolerably hot and dry, because of desert-like conditions. Agu describes the sun as “just jumping up up into the sky so quickly that we are not even having any time before we are just sweating sweating everywhere” (Iweala 32). Although the soldiers likely built up a resistance to heat over time, it has been known to affect cognitive senses severely, which is a possible reason for their rash behavior. Either way, the heat in West Africa undoubtedly affects the soldiers’ lifestyles. Moreover, this point is supported by the fact that Agu constantly details that “my heart is beating beating so fast. I am feeling thirsty” (Iweala 73). As a result of excessive sun exposure, everything is dry, and the soldiers are always thirsty. This likely worsened the already physically exerting activity of constantly fighting, demonstrating that the climate and physical conditions of West Africa certainly had an impact on the characters’ culture and instincts of
The soldiers lacked basic necessities such as clothing and food. In Document B it Dr. Albigence Waldo states, "There comes a Soldier, his bare feet are seen thro' his worn out Shoes, his legs nearly naked from the tatter'd remains of an only pair of stocks". In other words, these soldiers clothing were very worn out due to being used so often and were not provided with brand new attire. Since there were many mouths to feed, food became scarce, which left many soldiers starving. Around the camp soldiers cry
We have had to deal with, “poor food- hard lodging- cold weather- fatigue, “(Document B). In this diary by Dr Waldo, a doctor we have at camp, he has accurately described what life is like at camp. The factors that we undergo make us sick both physically and mentally, these factors make us lose all sense of empowerment to win this war that we once felt, these factors make us want to go home more than anything just to hear our mother’s voice just once more. The absence of encouragement from other colonists and countries, and how I have to go to bed with my stomach empty every single night pushes me over the edge to give up and just
The day to day life for the regular soldier was not glorious. Many times the regiments were low on supplies such as food and clothing. They lived in the elements. Medical conditions were grotesque because of the lack of advanced equipment and anesthesia. “Discipline was enforced with brutality” as if all the other conditions were not bad enough.
Soldiers faced diseases like measles, small pox, malaria, pneumonia, camp itch, mumps, typhoid and dysentery. However, diarrhea killed more soldiers than any other illness. There were many reasons that diseases were so common for the causes of death for soldiers. Reasons include the fact that there were poor physicals before entering the army, ignorance of medical information, lack of camp hygiene, insects that carried disease, lack of clothing and shoes, troops were crowded and in close quarters and inadequate food and water.
The author¡¯s techniques in Rattler convey not only a feeling of sadness and remorse but also a sense of the man¡¯s acceptance of the snake¡¯s impending death. The reader can sense the purpose of the author¡¯s effective message through the usage of diction, imagery, and organization.
grizzly bears prefered habitat is deserted rivers, wild mountains, and thick and dense forest. Grizzly bears are majestic symbols of the wild. Bears live in and use a variety of habitat types, playing important roles in each one. This makes them an “umbrella species,” meaning that when we protect them and their habitat we also protect many species. Grizzly bears can also help ecosystems by distributing seeds and nutrients through their scat, and occasionally regulating ungulate populations.
There is a major change in the men in this novel. At first, they are excited to join the army in order to help their country. After they see the truth about war, they learn very important assets of life such as death, destruction, and suffering. These emotions are learned in places like training camp, battles, and hospitals. All the men, dead or alive, obtained knowledge on how to deal with death, which is very important to one’s life.
“Unchained” by L.B. Tillit, “Unchained” is a book that talks about the life of TJ, the main character, who's been raised by drug addict parents. His dad dies because of the drugs. He joins a gang, and when his mom found out, she told him that his father was afraid. That he tried to push them away so many times until he couldn’t take living in fear, so he bought drugs from them, instead of joining them. That this kept them off his back. He always thought he was a failure because he could never join the gang. He never wanted to. But TJ knew he was like his father, except that he did join the gang. He was afraid of living in fear. TJ knew that if he joined the gang, he would have to hurt people, he didn’t want to. But he did it anyway.
On the night of March 5th, it is believed that a small group of boys began taunting a British soldier. Over the boys’ nonsense, the soldier battered one of his oppressors with his musket. Soon after the alleged incident a crowd of about fifty or sixty people surrounded the frightened solider. The enraged crowd of people sounded the soldier, encouraging him to call for backup. Soon after calling for help, seven soldiers along with Captain Preston...
Everyone is a literary critic in their own sense, furthermore; everyone has his or her own experiences that shape their individual lives. These experiences change how they may perceive a specific situation. The varying perceptions of a book is part of what makes critical analysis important as no two people will have identical thoughts after reading a particular piece of literature. The novel The Natural by Bernard Malamud is one such novel in which people perceive various situations the main character, Roy Hobbs, is in. There are three main critical response that are associated with the novel. The first is he contemporary viewpoint that many critics had in 1952 when the novel was released. The second occurred after the release of the film adapted
Animal spirits are a product of irrational behavior and are a major driving force in the economy. Intuitive then is the notion that animal spirits are also heavily involved in the process of economic boom and bust cycles. This much is straightforward and in reality seems to be the case. Animal spirits, which were initially defined by John Maynard Keynes, characterizes a variety of exogenous variables that could not be accounted for in the mainstream rational economic theories of the time. This definition was later reclassified by Akerlof and Shiller in their title book and provided some of the mechanics behind seemingly irrational behaviors. Akerlof and Shiller described and highlighted five specific features of animal spirits that affect the
Singer, P.W. “Children at War.” Military History 24.6 (2007): 1-5. SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 14 Feb. 2011.
The fairytale The Beauty and the Beast is illustrated as a love story, however when looking deeper into Belle’s nature it seems to be that she is affected by several disorders throughout the film. In Beauty and the Beast, we see Disney once again sugarcoat personal problems in order to present a young audience with a one dimensional and simple female hero. Belle has clearly shown symptoms of Schizoid Personality Disorder, Stockholm Syndrome and Schizophrenia which can be treated by a biological therapeutic approach or a psychoactive drug approach and therapy.
In this thematic essay, I’ll be going over John’s theme of light and dark in John 1:4-5, and possibly touch on other sections of John containing the light and darkness theme, such as John 3:19; John 8:12; and John 12:35, 46. I will also give this an interesting twist to keep this essay interesting by giving some comparisons with the Disney Movie, Beauty and the Beast.
Great Apes are at the brink of extinction due to deforestation, hunting, and bushmeat trade. Our closest cousins are now viewed as economic commodities rather than valuable agents to the environment and humanity. In order to explore this issue, there must be an examinitation of why primate populations are dwindling, if these populations can replenish themselves, and what measures the international community is taking to alleviate the problem.