Captain Corelli and A farewell
Title: Captain Corelli and A farewell
Category: Literature / English
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Captain Corelli and A farewell
Discuss how Ernest Hemmingway and Louis De Bernieres present the effects of war on the individual in ‘A Farewell to Arms’ and ‘Captain Corelli’s Mandolin.’
Although some critics disapprove of De Bernieres’ portrayal of life in Greece during world war two(1), in particular his depiction of the Germans, there is no doubt that he succeeds in bringing to life the hideous and brutal world that he sets out to create,
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…showed last 75 words of 2362 total…war on each person in the book are therfore shown explicitily in both texts, and yet in very different ways. Both authors cause their characters to change and develop throughout the book, and much of this change stems from the effects of the war. By using either intense description, or stark realism, each author succeeds in his own way in showing the war’s effect on the individual.
(1) (2) A.S.Byatt, Evening Standard.
(3),(4), Malcolm Bradbury.
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