Four Countries (Essay Sample)

Four countries . Name: Course: Professor Name: (Date) Four countries What is it really like to be a solder in the times of war. The only way to know it well is for you to be there yourself. Imagine, been a solder fighting in Iraq or Vietnam; it is not a sweet ideal to go through. The second way is to read stories of those who participated in the different wars in this world; the First World War or the Second World War. These stories represent the four stories written by Tim O’Brien (“the man I killed”), Isaac Rosenberg (“dead man’s Dump”), Andrei Voznesensky (“I am Goya”) and Erich Maria Remarque (“all quiet on the western front”). These stories give us an insight of the experience in the war zones. The authors aim at sending to us almost a similar theme in their stories (Ausenda, 2002). In the Rosenberg’s poem he reflects to us on the fragility of life. He says his colleagues and him could in the next minute join the list of the dead. He goes further to say in death both friends and enemies have a common ground. This Jewish author does not shy away from portraying his religious belief by using the Christian imagery “the crowns of thorns” to show the degree of suffering they went t...