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1、DianaAtanasovaGeorgievaFaculty№12453EnglishPhilology7Itisthenatureofthebeastwithinthatfuelsourinclinationtowardconflictanddestruction.Duringthesurrealpowersofwar,lifehangsinthebalancesettingthestageforanelitegroupofindividualswhotriumphantlyriseabovetherestamidstt
2、hechaos.LikeisillustratedinAFareWelltoArms(EarnestHemingway)andTheRedBadgeofCourage(StephenCrane).Inthesetwonovelsthewarislookeduponaverypicturesqueandsophisticatedway.Therearetwopointsofviewinthesenovels;thewarthroughtheeyesof“theyouth”(HenryFleming),whoseinexper
3、iencemakeshimsufferagreatpsychologicaldilemmaandtheotherpointofthegrownupAmericanambulancedriver(FredericHenry)whoseattitudetowarisshownbyhisactions–drinking,sleepingwithdifferentwomen–he’skindoflosthimself,losthisfaith,doingthingsthatareconsideredtobesins.Bothoft
4、hemseethewarinverydifferentways.Itdoesn’tmatterifyouareyoungormature;thewarisuglyandcruel,itstealspeople’slives,itseparatespeople,itislikebloodthirstymonsterthatruinspeople’sworld.Inwartimemanypeoplebecomeheroes,someareknownothersarenot.Therearemanydifferentdeedsa
5、ndactionsthatcancharacterizeapersonasaherosuchassavingsomeone’slifeorriskyourownfortheothers.Themaindistinguishingcharacteristicofatrueheroisself-sacrifice,whetheritisasacrificeofyourownpersonaldesiresorideals,orsacrificeofphysicalwellbeingtohelpothers.InTheRedBad
6、geofCourageandAFarewelltoArmstheprotagonistsdoesnotexemplifythedeedsandthoughtoftrueheroes.Theactioninbothnovelstakesplaceinwartime.Waristheperfectsettinginwhichonecanbetested,hiscourageandstrength.Althoughwarissomethingnooneispreparedfor,it’snotlikewritteninthebo
7、oksorinancientGreekmyths.Craneinhisnaturalisticwayshowstheuglyfaceofthismonsterandusingveryimpressiveimages,makeshisnovelstrongandunforgettable.Inhisnovelasarealnaturalistheshowsthemostdepressingviewofman.Accordingtonaturalistsmanisdrivenbythreemajorinstincts:fear
8、,hungerandsex.There’snorationalexplanationtowhathappens–blindirrationalchance,there’snofreewillbecausetheuniverseismechanisticanditfollowsthelawofjungle
