Comradeship in James Hanleys The German Prisoner, Ernest Hemingways F

Comradeship in James Hanleys The German Prisoner, Ernest Hemingways F arewell to Arms, Not So Quiet, All Quiet on the western Front, and Pat Bakers RegenerationFor many soldiers and volunteers, life on the fronts during the war means danger, and there are few if any distractions from its horrors. Each chumminess serves as a divergence from the daily atrocities and makes life tolerable. Yet, the same bonds that most World contend literature romantically portrays can be equally negative. James Hanleys The German Prisoner, shows the horrifying results of such alliances, while Farewell to Arms by Ernest Hemmingway reveal that occasionally, few individuals like Lieutenant Henri seek solidarity outside the combat zone. Smithy of Not So Quiet and Paul Baumer in All Quiet on the Western Front demonstrate the importance and advantages of comradeship while giving credence to the romance of these connections. Pat Barkers Regeneration depicts Siegfried Sassoon, as an officer who places com radeship and honor above his own personal anti war convictions. Regardless of the consequences, each demonstrates not only the different results of comradeship but also its great power and level of importance to each character in the abovementioned writings. James Hanley provides an uncommon perspective of comradeship that contrasts the usual romantic representations by different World War 1 writers. Elston is from Manchester, England, a poor industrial city and OGarra is from the impoverished town of Dublin, Ireland (48). Both men enlist in the service to escape their beggary and squalid environments. OGarro is physically repulsive and the more aggressive of the two but loathes Elston who contrasts him in disposition and phys... ...ing it had hardenedSiegfrieds solution wasgoing rumpto look after some men (249). This was the truth Sassoon, still disillusioned, returns to the front out of a strong sense of obligation and honor. Comradeship disrupts Sassoons ohmic resist ance and allows his passionate protest to quell. Overall, these works reveal the broad effects of comradeships. Some, like The German Prisoner are potentially dangerous alliances and can be negative. Conversely, comradeship similar to that of Paul Baumer and Kat, and Smithy and the other volunteers, allow the reader to explore the resultant intimacy of comradeships between people of similar and different backgrounds. Still other bonds similar to Henris and Catherines shun traditional comradeship and all its romantic ideals. Finally, it is Hemmingway who shows the power that comradeship wields over a soldier.