The End of The Wars

While reading the wars, I have observed that there were three parts to the book each indicated by narrative voice. The first part of the wars was when we were introduced to Robert Ross and we were allowed to establish his internal conflict.
The second part of the wars was chapter four where we were given the narrative voice of Lady Juliet d'Orsey and we too established we internal conflicts.
The third part of the book was when Robert Ross returned to France after his leave. Upon his arrival, we see a change in his tone as it seems that he isn't the highest in command although he is a captain for the allies.
This book is a circular book meaning, we are introduce to parts at the end of the book that we were introduced to at the beginning; the scene where Robert is riding the horse with the little black puppy at his side behind a group of about 150 horses. (This is just like The House of the Spirits; "Barabas returned to us from the sea").
This book can also be related to MacBeth as we see with his ego (it is actually his craziness) which brings his to his pathetic downfall due to the act that he didn't want to let the horses go free when he knew he was going to die.
Overall, I likes the book. I liked it's circular structure and it's many narrative points of view. Most of all, I liked how the author was able to put together a story using transcripts and clippings, it bright light to the story, letting me know the deeper meaning behind the context.

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The fourth part of the book had a change in shift. It is told from the viewpoint of Lady Juliet d'Orsey. I find the she too, just like Robert Ross is fighting an Internal conflict.
She describes herself as being someone who was born a natural listener, just eyes and ears. This characteristic has gotten her into a lot of trouble but is also helped her save lives, not that it has made her feel better about herself.
Although she is twelve years old, she has developed a passion for Robert Ross and cannot stand to see Barbra with him, however is it partially her fault. This situation is a prime example of her internal conflict. While Robert Ross' internal
Conflict is having to deal with the psychological struggles of war, Lady Juliet d'Orsey's is her actions and the put one due to these actions. She tried to break Captain Traffler and Barbra up. When she did this, she succeeded but because of her baffling attitude to walk into other people's business she almost cost the captain his life and also ruined any chafes with her being with Robert Ross.

This chapter of the book was a little more confusing to understand just because it was a shift in narration. It allowed me to get a general picture of Lady Juliet d'Orsey's character and her crucial role in The book.

Before writing this blog, I read the first line of part 5 and I think there will be another change in shift which will allow us to understand the book as a whole and bring a bigger picture to both the internal conflicts of Robert Ross and Lady Juliet d'Oesey.

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The Wars

"This was the greatest terror of war: what you didn't know if the men who told you what to do-where to go and when. What if they were mad-or stupid? What if their fear was greater than yours? What if they were brave and crazy-wanting and demanding bravery from you? In this passage of the book, we are presented with Robert Ross' internal conflict that he undergoes when he must decide whether or not he should kill the German that is sitting in front of him in the opposing trench. This portrays the authors message which comprises of the physical aspect of murder in war however encompasses the entirety of the pmhilosophy of war. In this situation, Robert Ross' internal conflict is at it's pivotal point as he must decide if killing is good or bad. Killing in this situation is would be good if his life was in danger; it would be bad if his life wasn't in danger. At this point, Robert is talking about The figure of authority because he is in the position of deciding to kill or not. My interest in this novel is at its peak in this point of the book because this is where there is a shift in his perspective as he realizes he killed when it was not needed. He questions the mentality of the person in authority but also of himself because he is the one in authority.