Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf war One suspects such lengthy and our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq recitations are rare today. Rarer still and still has several decades of is the respectful audience enjoyed by — martial possibilities in reserve. As Nestor; impatience with such the earlier of those wars recede into reminiscences began well before our the past, their old soldiers fade away; age. bold/waxed “Menelaus and thus, commemorative rites for garrulous, and sacked a hundred the veteran by definition, the Troys/’Twixt noon and supper,” — survivor also tend to end, wrote Rupert Brooke, cynically, — perversely, at graves. during the years leading up to a later How to commemorate the living Great War. veteran? Again, some guidance can Today, veterans’ tales are more likely be found in epic, the crucible of to be safeguarded in books and heroic mores. Old Nestor, the replicated in movies than iconographic veteran, is a teller of to a respectful throng. many tales of the many battles he Detailed knowledge of the experience once waged. my time I have dealt in which a veteran’s memories were “In with better men than/you are, and forged is thus made common. To never once did they disregard me,” learn these stories is both civilian he tells the entire Greek army in duty and commemoration. Death on “The Iliad.” fought single-handed, yet the field and the voyage home “I — against such men no one/could do both are epic. battle.” Although he is a somewhat Caroline Alexander is the author of comic figure, his speeches are deadly Endurance,” Bounty” and, “The “The earnest; Old Nestor knows that his is most recently, War That Killed “The the only voice to keep memory of Achilles: The True Story of Homer’s such past campaigns alive. and the Trojan War.” ‘Iliad’ Identify 3 claims or points Describe how each claim or Summarize how the evidence made in Article #2 in the order point is developed and refined supports the claim it is made by particular phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or sections. (Use evidence from the article) Claim 1 Evidence
Vietnam War, the Persian Gulf war and our wars in Afghanistan and Iraq — and still has several decades of martial possibilities in reserve. As the earlier of those wars recede into the past, their old soldiers fade away; and thus, commemorative rites for the veteran — by definition, the survivor — also tend to end, perversely, at graves. How to commemorate the living veteran? Again, some guidance can be found in epic, the crucible of heroic mores. Old Nestor, the iconographic veteran, is a teller of many tales of the many battles he once waged. “In my time I have dealt with better men than/you are, and never once did they disregard me,” he tells the entire Greek army in “The Iliad.” “I fought single-handed, yet against such men no one/could do battle.” Although he is a somewhat comic figure, his speeches are deadly earnest; Old Nestor knows that his is the only voice to keep memory of such past campaigns alive. One suspects such lengthy recitations are rare today. Rarer still is the respectful audience enjoyed by Nestor; impatience with such reminiscences began well before our age. “Menelaus bold/waxed garrulous, and sacked a hundred Troys/’Twixt noon and supper,” wrote Rupert Brooke, cynically, during the years leading up to a later Great War. Today, veterans’ tales are more likely to be safeguarded in books and replicated in movies than to a respectful throng. Detailed knowledge of the experience in which a veteran’s memories were forged is thus made common. To learn these stories is both civilian duty and commemoration. Death on the field and the voyage home — both are epic. Caroline Alexander is the author of “The Endurance,” “The Bounty” and, most recently, “The War That Killed Achilles: The True Story of Homer’s ‘Iliad’ and the Trojan War.” Identify 3 claims or points made in Article #2 in the order it is made Describe how each claim or point is developed and refined by particular phrases, sentences, paragraphs, or sections. (Use evidence from the article) Summarize how the evidence supports the claim Claim 1 Evidence
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