[lit-ideas] Re: Sacrifice
- From: "Andreas Ramos" <andreas@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 10:37:10 -0800
> He is proud that even though his troops were "melting away under fire," the
> soldiers
> continued to advance "in admirable order." In the face of the barrage of
> bullets, his men
> did not waver, break ranks, or attempt to come back.
It is difficult to emphasize with those men, to understand what they were
thinking and
feeling as they marched to their death. Did they realize they were going to
die? Did each
see his fellows ahead falling down? What led the individuals to supress their
personal
thoughts and take on the will of the group?
The event is unbelievable. If it hadn't happened, one couldn't imagine that
such a thing
could happen.
It would be quite a challenge to write a novel from the point of view of one of
those men
and let the reader understand how they felt and why they did that.
There's also the Jones Town mass suicide and the various cult suicides, where
everyone in
the group takes on a no-other-possibilities view.
yrs,
andreas
www.andreas.com
------------------------------------------------------------------
To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off,
digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html
Other related posts:
