August 19, 1942.
The battle of Dieppe, which was against a German troup on the port, lasted nearly six hours. Of the 6000 men killed during this battle, mostly were Canadians. The battle of Dieppe was proven to be a failure from the begining. They had absolutely no chances of acheiving the plans they had made, and therefore this battle was simply a very large amount of unnecessary casualties. Thinking of the date, it 1942 they did not have the proper experience with battles such as this to calculate exactly how and when to do it. So this battle proved for one purpose, for gaining experience. Although in gaining this experience, the world has lost many men.
The short story "Stones" gives a very interesting point of view on this battle. The aftermath of one man, a father. David Max had experienced Dieppe as he had frozen in fear, resulting in the death of many of his men who may have survived. He took this experience as a very large sence of guilt for the rest of his life. He had taken it out of hiself, his wife, and his children. He became an alcoholic, bullied his children (as stated in the story forced his children to do things for him such as closing the blinds, and he had broken his youngest sons collar bone) and his wife, who he had tried to kill with a hammer.
This story fills you with a sence of grief and disgust, but also a feeling of remorse, for the family and him, and for what the war has caused them to go through.
I like how you used information along with the book information, your blog is looking good! keep up with adding pictures it makes the blog more eye pleasing.
ReplyDeleteDillon Kelloway
I agree with you Caitlyn with the fact that the story fills people with a sense of grief and remorse. Though I don't beleive it gives off a sense of disgust. David Max was a casualty of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder which affects all people differently. Unfortunately for David's family he acted with rage and violence. I feel pity for David and his family more than anything. He didn't ask to return back from war a drunk, violent man (especially since before he left he was a kind gentle person). Sometimes bad things happen to good people,and unfortunately this would be one of those times. I would also like to add that I like how you included information on the disasterous battle of Dieppe, it gives people some more background information to go along with the story.
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