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A 6 page essay that contrasts and compares the World War I experience outlined in two memoirs of the era, The Storm of Steel by Ernst Junger and Memoirs of an Infantry Officer by Siegfried Sassoon. These texts offer contrasting views of trench warfare. Junger was a field officer for the German army; Sassoon, for the British. Their accounts are remarkably similar, as both sides endured the same hardship, the same trauma and watched as their comrades were killed. However, ultimately, their accounts are also very different as each author regards the war as filtered through his own individual perspective, which, of course, also reflects peculiarities of his culture that are assimilated to varying degrees in both men. No additional sources cited.
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warfare during World War I. Junger was a field officer for the German army; Sassoon, for the British. Their accounts are remarkably similar, as both sides endured the same hardship,
the same trauma and watched as their comrades were killed. However, ultimately, their accounts are also very different as each author regards the war as filtered through his own individual
perspective, which, of course, also reflects peculiarities of his culture that are assimilated to varying degrees in both men. Each text offers an account of its authors wartime experience.
In many ways, these accounts are remarkably similar. In both cases, they relate the experience of officers, rather than enlisted men, who--one gathers-- come from upper-class backgrounds. Jungers account is
a straightforward autobiography, but Sassoon, who is also one of Great Britains most renowned war poets, assumes the fictitious persona of George Sherston. Nevertheless, as Sassoon himself was an officer
in the war, it is quite clear that the account is based on his own personal experience. Both men abhor the rigors of trench life--the disease, the constant danger
of flooding and cave-in--but it is also clear--in each case that their lot is more agreeable than that of the regular enlisted man. Both men write of agreeable companionable dinner
in the trenches, casually mentioning the attention of their personal servant. In both cases, this suggests the lingering presence of another age, in which the aristocracy took the attentions of
servants for granted and assumed such service as a, more or less, natural right. In both texts, the authors begin by mentioning pleasanter times during their tour of duty.
Junger states the town of Couhy had "many innocent recreations to offer us" (p. 32). He states further that "There were numerous canteens well provided with eatables and drinks. There
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