Gallipoli
Whilst analysing three sources that all tell the story of the battle at Gallipoli, I found that there were similarities as well as differences in each of the sources, and also convincing the audience of accuracy and authenticity in some cases.The representation of men enlisting, in the three sources was shown diversely and varied in each source. In the film “Gallipoli”, indicates the reasons for enlisting was portrayed variously. In addition to the main characters the attitude towards enlisting was mainly expressed as a positive and heroic experience, a patriotic deed to fight for your country. Other men had thought that they might as well because girls like men in uniforms, and it would be cowardly not to, however, some men had thought that it was senseless, and were apprehensive to fight for a countries freedom that wasn’t theirs. Gallipoli was accurate in this way, and also showing the main character having to lie about himself being old enough to join, this was a common accurence
The battle of The Nek was fraught with confusion and pessimism. It the battle of The Nek. The men fought like warriors doing the best to serve their countries alliance. Every last ounce of strength was put into their national pride. “they’ll all be killed”, what was decided of their fate, the soldiers but still strove to their destiny in a seemingly mass slaughter. On the other hand, as seen in the documentary “the fatal shore” reveals the reasons for enlisting was similar to the reasons in “Gallipoli” the movie, the men of Australia thought that it had a sense of adventure, of which the Australian soldiers had been craving. It was also seen as an honorable profession, therefore one in twelve Australians felt the necessity to enlist. However one could assume that the Australian soldiers had been brainwashed by the British, they had seemed to express the enlisting as such a heroic deed and failed to mention the actual reality of what would be experienced during their service at
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