For both Turner and Komenyaka they use personal accounts and writing styles to get across the suspense and impact of war. For these two writers I think the point gets made that even though these two wars happened in separate times, for separate reasons they are still similar. Even though the Iraq war might have TECHNICALLY been more organized, moral, advanced etc. I think the common themes stay the same. I think if we were to read all the war related poetry out there we could gather a common theme that war is destructive and it changes people. I think if we were given access to viewing the destruction of the Irag war the way the U.S. was during Vietnam our attitude and comprehension of war wouldn’t be so disconnected.
I definitely agree with you post! I got the same sense of common themes remaining the same in war, even if the wars are decades apart.
ReplyDeleteI agree with majority of your comparison between Hugh Martin, Brian Turner and Yusef Komenyaka. However if I were you I would expand more about your opinions about what has or hasn't changed during the Vietnam war. Perhaps explore how both wars have major political controversy surrounding them.
ReplyDeleteI think all wars (along with any major political decision really) will be in some way controversial. I also think something that also stands out with both sides is the awkward sort of indecisive "well uhh did we win this thing or what" US so called victory. I also think a comparison can be made with the way the US entered Iraq/Vietnam with kind of an ignorance of the locals and their conditions. Personally it is hard for me to look at war and military endeavors critically because it all seems like a humongous waste of lives and resources with ulterior motives.
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