Corelli's Mandolin by Louis de Bernieres
Carlo was fighting for Italy, while Mandras was in the Greek army.
Both of the characters experienced a lot during the war. Nevertheless everything Mandras and Carlo fought on opposite sides. What does it say about the novels moral scheme, that the sufferings of ordinary people on both sides are recounted in detail? Consider these two characters but also other “moral” issues raised in the novel so far.
Mandras and Carlo fought on opposite sides. Their experiences and feelings through out the war are recounted to the readers in a lot of details. And even though they were “enemies”, their stories are very similar, as if the author is talking about the same man. This style of
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I would not desert him […] he would make me an inspired hero. I would have someone to impress, someone whose admiration would give me that which I cannot give myself; esteem, and honour.” (p. 29). He wants to join the army because he is a homosexual and he wants to be able to love and be loved, or the least to be able to impress someone and get his admiration. At the same time Mandras also wants to join the army, and his reasons come from love as well. He wants to go to war, because this way he feels he will be able to do something important, and thus by the end of it, he would be good enough to marry Pelagia. “I will never be a man until
I’ve done something important, something great, something I can live with, something to be esteemed […] no man is a man until he has been a soldier.” (p. 80). As we can see from the quote, Mandras basically wants to gain the same things by joining the army: esteem and honour.
He wants to impress people by his actions and show that his life is not pointless, that he risked himself in order to defend his country and its people.
The next similarity between the characters is what they have found out about the war, their disappointment and despair. Both of them realised that war is not at all as what they thought it would be. After Carlo and his friend Francesco had their first atrocity, they no longer felt excited by the war. “We felt no triumph. We felt exhausted and
When they are at home, they are young boys and stupid and maybe they fake shoot each other. But then, they have to go to war. “We are not youth any longer. We don’t want to take the world by storm. We are fleeing. We fly from
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Dallaire did exceptional when it comes to the naming of his essay, by not only simplifying the subject but maintaining the true meaning. “Cri de coeur,” also known as “A cry from the heart”, is not only heartbreaking but truthfully eye opening. Every event recounted is straight from Dallaire’s point of view, which could have made his rhetorical appeals intertwine. It is clear from reading that one appeal stood above the rest while reading, which is pathos. Dallaire decided to share something with the world that a majority have never experienced nor hopefully will ever have to. By doing so, he deliberately unleashed a handful of emotions. Using pathos allowed him to appeal to our
He is going through a very rough time. Without the bonds that he has made with his company there would be no reason for him to move on with the war and keep
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One might think that masculinity is only a mental and ethical issue, yet throughout the tragic play of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare, masculinity proves to be a two headed beast that not only is a mental but also physical problem. All the way from the beginning in scene 1.1 to the final scene of act 5, there was constant conflict occurring with short breaks of love and triumph collapsed by more ensuing conflict. Furthermore, a majority of this clash between the two families, Capulets and Montagues, was indirectly or directly evoked by the masculine behavior exerted by the men in the story. All things considered, the tragedy where two lovers upon many others meet their ultimate fate of death would have never been a tragedy without all of the masculinity that all of the men characters seem to exude. All throughout this essay, it will become more apparent that the idea of the internal and external need for masculinity in the men has consequently kindled the fire of conflict between the Montagues and Capulets in the tragedy because of the status quo, disrespect for women, and mindset of a masculine man.
Why would someone sacrifice their life as they know it to go somewhere far away from home?
man that his father hopes for because he himself wants to believe it. In other
Of the Qualities for Which Men, and Most of all Princes, are Praised and Blamed
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Thesis: I believe that the identity of manliness, is not only defined by a male. Think you are able to gain manly qualities, and lose them.
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In 1600 a new style of music began to evolve, this form of music was