Erika Ayala
Germ/Hisp Lit&Film 225
Professor Rudolf
January 21, 2016 Death is the center topic in the article. Much is expressed as to how he experienced the cold and vicious demise of the troops. Many things tormented him and forever stayed in his memory. How could he erase such drastic experience? Explain the things that made life worth living and how sometimes death was not even the worst irritable.
Courage is a preservation for jungar and courage was manifested in several ways. For him, it seemed to be an otrocious and mind boggling trauma. To be in paranoia mode 24 without any rest let alone sleep because sleep was a treat and was very precious to all the troops.
Feelings of anger towards keeping themselves alive was an everyday case scenario. Expressionism was shown by the way he interpreted his emotions towards all these experiences. The way in which he describes how the troops died inevitably makes all the events come alive almost as if one is living them just as he did. There was no reason to tell if he'd be alive the next day and that the slightest mistake could demolish his existence.
The most irrelevant of everyday things were the happiest to him and he cherished them. Although, crucial resources such as food changed his attitude of misery towards optimism.
Storm of steel does not have a plot, story line, or dialog. Also, he lacks the ability to show his emotions during all these experiences.
Having been raised in the late 90’s hence being a mellenial has made it difficult to comprehend the events of a war. Such historical events have always occurred from a distance. However, Junger’s description of events during world war 1 takes the mind to a dark place. Despite Junger’s detailed descriptions, it was challenging to understand his emotional engagement. I expected him to display a large range of emotions from hopelessness to sadness. I felt deep empathy for the terrifying