Myths and heroes : soldiers

 We're gonna talk about the Myth and heroes notion . During this year at school we saw many war film review that showing the places of the -Soldier in American's movie s.  In this subject we will see why we can qualify a Soldier like a hero and what they represent for the US nation and their  citizens .

At the beginning we will ask the question : how are they represented ? We have already seen in class the film poster of Tigerland . The poster shows to us the difficulty of the war , the young people risking their lifes in the battlefields , the fear in their eyes , the stress and the start of the massacre.

It's the same case for War films that show to us the different  kind of war .We saw the World War 2 and we followed soldiers, they were brave , valiant  . Their goal was to protect their friends like “Saving Private Ryan” , a squad will save Ryan at the peril of their lives.  Same as the knight , we have a notion of bavery . The Soldier is a brave guy and his mission is to protect his country , His family and his friends . We try to make the opinon pass the message that it's because they fight for justice that the world is better now .

After That , We saw film that explained  the way of life of a soldier . The soldier is not a killing machine . He don't want fight just for pleasure , he just want to get the peace and the only way is fighting Unfortunately ; like the hero of the film “We Were Soldiers”  , The hero knows that the people with him have a family , we saw the moment with his daughter and his wife . Also we saw when he went to the war . The problem that emerges is the utility of this war ? Why the soldiers fight ? At the final they loose this war wich contributes to lessen the duty of the veteran . The society began to have a new look at the soldiers and the trauma caused by the war.

The last part that we saw in class is the Gulf Wars , With the great Film “American Sniper” , this film will not show to us only the life of the soldier but also we enter into his mind and we see how heavy the spirit of the character is tortured . The situations in which he found himself like forced to kill a child , At least Chris Kyle kill 255 persons he acquires the nickname “ Legend “ . When he'll be back to home he finds difficulties to adjust fully his civilian life . Killing as many people has made him another person . The war cause to him a post traumatic stress . With  Chris Kyle we saw a new face of a soldier  : his darker part .

To conclude , The representation of the heros has evolved greatly through the ages ,  we have henceforth many points of view of the life of a soldier . We saw things that changes our opinion about soldiers and have seen that line wich exist between a hero and non hero is difficult to draw.

War is definetly a great stupidity

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