Flags Of Our Fathers Analysis

Americans, more than any country, tend to be very prideful of our young, yet extensive, war repertoire. Although there is nothing coherently wrong with this feeling of pride, we often forget the sacrifices made in the form of lives, in order for those iconic images to be taken. In James Bradley’s Flags of Our Fathers, he makes sure to emphasize the outer effects of war that reaches past that of what we can see in those instilled images. Specifically, the hundreds of thousands of soldiers that helped lead to victory and who were not credited, and also the families that were crippled by this sense of emptiness and fear while their sons sacrificed their lives for their country. He also made sure the mention the effect media had on those that were home and unaffiliated with the war, and how in turn it inspired boys to be thrown into situations beyond what they expected. As the book follows the individual lives that raised the flag in Iwo Jima, we get to see from a close perspective how the war really looked liked, instead of how it was often depicted. Although pictures are used to tell our story as a nation, it fails to exemplify the degree of suffering that all those men had to go through.
Undoubtedly, every soldier that is willing to sacrifice his (or hers, given contemporary warfare) freedom
Odle. I’m not sure when you are going to read this, but I’m gonna go off on a limb and say it's probable that it is after wednesday; I just wanted to say that I have thoroughly enjoyed your class for the semester I have had it, and I have honestly not seen the level of dedication you have to the subject in any other history teacher at McCallie. No, this is not an attempted to salvage a grade or anything of that manner, just my honest, legitimate opinion that I find easier to give in the form of text than through speech. I hope you have a splendid summer, and from the kid that often forgets to remove his hat; take care.