Carrson Davis
daviscarrson@seattleu.edu
October 7, 2018
UCOR 1100-11
The passage I chose to analyze, from “Lawrence in Arabia” by Scott Anderson, is talking about Lawrence’s brothers deaths in World War One. Many people died gruesome deaths in World War One. The deaths of brothers and sons took a toll on many people in the 1910’s. Lawrence of Arabia was not exempt from this. Lawrence did not say goodbye to his brother Frank before he left for war, he never saw him alive again. When the time came for Lawrence’s other brother Will to go to war, Lawrence’s mother convinces him to say goodbye to Will. Unfortunately, Lawrence did not get the chance to say goodbye face to face with Will due to complications at the canal. Instead they said goodbye through the telephone. After Will passed away, with only being on the front line for less than a week, Lawerence became more sorrowful, loosing two people he cared about deeply. This passage reminds me of one of my favorite books “All Quite on the Western Front” by Erich Maria Remarque. Remarque had a viewpoint of the war like no other and was able to tell what war truly is. This passage tells a different viewpoint of the same situation, which is important to know.
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