Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 26th, 2008 5 Comments »
In my Literature of Warfare class last week we discussed whether or not comics such as the required reading for the week Maus by Art Spiegelman could display the same importance and credibility a memoir or a movie could portray. While I raised my hand and stated that people differ in which style of literature [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
I am Canadian. Therefore, while people have been learning about the United States history I have been learning about my Canadian history. While some people describe Canada as being the “playground” of the United States, I call it home. Therefore, while American were re-capturing the Civil War in dramatizations in the South or [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 6th, 2008 No Comments »
“The road these soldiers went down took away their inner virginity–innocence never to be regained
Douglas Barber
War has a devastating effect on soldiers and their loved ones. In the last few weeks I have been reading poems and memoirs, news websites and military blogs. We’ve reviewed authors such as Rupert Brookes who glorified war for means [...]
