This paper review and analyzes the non-fictional novel "What a Way to Spend a War" by Dorothy Still Danner which focuses on the experiences of a group of U.S. Navy nurses who were captured by the Japanese during World War II.
Abstract This paper details the eyewitness account of the author who kept a journal during her time as a prisoner of war in a concentration camp in the Philippines. This paper details the events that led to the imprisonment of the nurses who were held captive for four years. This paper discusses the conditions under which the nurses were kept during their imprisonment. The author recounts the lack of food and proper medical care during her confinement. Danner's book also delves into the specific people that left a lasting impression on her during her ordeal, including Miss Redecker, the nursing supervisor in charge of the nurses in the POW camp. Danner contends that throughout the ordeal Miss Redecker maintained her dignity and always made a point of treating everyone fairly.
From the Paper "Miss Redeker, the nursing supervisor in charge of the 12 nurses, stands out as an excellent "boss" and administrator. Throughout the ordeal she maintains dignity and deals with the nurses fairly. She "takes care of them" in the sense that whatever she gets, she shares with them a shanty at one point in the story which she makes available for their use despite her own need for privacy. At one point she works a miracle and gets some money for them: "One evening Miss Redecker came into our room and said solemnly, 'Twenty-five pesos for each of us.' 'Oh, how nice,' Julia said. 'And who do we thank for this?' 'If you do not ask, I will not have to answer,' the chief nurse said, and that was that. It wasn't much, but money meant replenishing the most basic of necessities." At the same time Miss Redecker is very firm and maintains strong discipline. The young nurses obey her unfailingly. When Miss Redecker suggests that they all work every day, for example, despite the fact they do not have to, all the nurses agree."
Tags: war, history, book, review, japan, women, nurses
Abstract This paper examines two very different books, "The Massacre at El Mozote : A Parable of the Cold War" by Mark Danner and "The Farming of Bones" by Edwidge Danticat. It looks at how in each of these books the authors provide a complete picture of a massacre and how each story lays out the events in graphic presentation that cannot be ignored or shoved aside. It evaluates how each book tells a similar story in that people were brutally murdered, yet each story has differences that set them apart from each other. It analyzes how the books address the anger at Americans, given the fact that the nation brags to the world that it is free, fair and the savior of the underdog and how America has been known since its inception as the big brother willing to swoop in and rescue any nation being hurt or treating its members cruelly. In both of these books the point is driven home that the American government turned its back on an entire people that were in crisis.
From the Paper "The leader at that time decided that he needed to rid his nation of the Haitians working in the cane fields. Annabelle's dedication to finding her man and trekking across the nation to do so she represents some of the things that occurred between the workers and the president. Her fierce determination was metaphorically representative of the determination of those who were being persecuted at the time. The refusal to give up and the instinct of survival were things that the victims also possessed. This book differs from the first one in that it offers up much of the events in historical metaphorical fashion. While this is less hard hitting than the brutal truth from Danner's book it is sometimes a technique that can maintain the reader's attention when straight horror and fact will be to hard to handle."
Tags: haiti, american, government, murder, el, salvadore
Abstract The 2000 movie, "Meet the Parents", is a comedy relating the visit of Greg Focker to his potential in-laws in a bid to ask for their daughter's hand in marriage. The paper examines the excellent casting of the movie and other methods used to make this film so successful at the box-office.
From the Paper "However, although these instances make the movie unsuitable for young children, much of the violence, profanity and nudity lend a realistic slant to the movie. One instance is the confrontation between Jack and Greg regarding their difference of opinions about cats. Although many cat-lovers may be reluctant to outwardly threaten someone who doesn't feel the same, it is likely that the intensity of their feelings is no less than Jack's when he opines that Greg's dislike for cats is a weakness. Another realistic scene from the movie takes place at the dinner table when Jewish Greg tries to pretend that he is able to say the blessing for this very WASP-y family."
Tags: Gaylord, Ben, Stiller, Robert, de, Niro, Blythe, Danner
