War in LiteratureIn every literary work I studied this semester, there was a theme of war. What makes each memoir, documentary, poem, and other genre varieties unique, however, is the perspective in which they take place. A Rumor of War by Philip Caputo, for example, is Caputo's particular war memories. It is a memento of his encounters and close calls that make his writing unique from all other literary works about the Vietnam War. In the book You Know When the Men Are Gone by Siobhan Fallon, the first story, which shares the book's title, is about a woman named Meg Bradley. She writes about the difficulties of being a housewife, while waiting for her husband to return from the war. In the poem “Here Bullet” by Brian Turner, Brian gets shot on the front lines, which makes his experience and story unique. The images I looked at this semester also support the theme of war. For example, Alive Day Memories: Home from Iraq, directed by Jon Alpert and Ellen Goosenberg Kent, is a documentary that features a group of wounded soldiers and their memories of the day they were injured, or to interpret the title, it's was the day they were reminded that they were alive. These memories are followed by an interview about how their injuries affect their lives today. This film presents the perspective of war from those who fell in battle and lived to tell the tale. All of these literary works are heavily based on war, but each of them has a completely different story to tell, leaving a different impact on the reader. Indeed, in this course, we have approached war from all angles, so that we can get a better and more informed idea of ​​...... middle of paper ...... on the front line, or a soldier withdrawn from the front due to injuries give us an inside perspective of what war is really like, as opposed to what young students read in American history textbooks. According to these literary works, war affects everyone. Whether a person's role is to kill the enemy or simply live with the ghost of their husband, war changes people enormously. Real. Jon Alpert and Ellen Goosenberg Kent. Perf. Sgt. Bryan Anderson. Attaboy Films, 2007. DVD. Caputo, Philip. A rumor of war. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977. Print. Fallon, Siobhan. “You know when the men are gone.” You know when the men left. New York: GP Putnam's Sons, 2011. N. pag. Print.Turner, Brian. “Here Ball.” Here, Bullet. Farmington, Me.: Alice James, 2005. N. pag. Print.