Compare And Contrast Shadrack And Henry

American soldiers have battled in conflicts they were involuntarily forced into by the draft, only to recognize the war formed within their minds would never truly cease and become a destructive syndrome hampering their ability to cope with society. In 1919, by Toni Morrison and The Red Convertible, by Louise Erdrich, Shadrack and Henry Lamartine are both attempted to reintroduce themselves into society, but suffered extreme psychological damage implanted by their experiences in military conflict. Although Shadrack and Henry attempted the same feat, they were still subject to differences caused by the era of their existence and the situation they were reintroduced into. Both Shadrack and Henry endured extensive amounts of Post-Traumatic stress disorder, or PTSD for short, causing virtually intolerable difficulties and consequently, exposing the idea of either Shadrack or Henry mentally returning to their pre-war psychological state as a fabricated hope. Shadrack and

Henry fought in the first of the world wars, which during that time was supposed to be the final war in world history. Military tactics were obsolete in comparison to weaponry during World War 1, thus transforming battlefields into dreadful massacres. During World War 1, military arsenals consisted of machineguns, artillery, and chemical weapons, whereas military strategies were dependent on trench warfare and mass assaults across open fields. Shadrack also returned to a society that had no understanding of PTSD, let alone, methods for treating it. Perhaps the most difficult aspect of Shadrack’s situation was that he returned to the United States without any family, home, or recollection of his own identity. Against odds, Shadrack managed to survive off selling fish and actually had a considerable effect on a community that became accustomed to his