... order to keep his sanity. Yet, he is not completely successful and we see glimpses of the war's grim effects on him as his story progresses. Also important when considering the war's impact on Bloch is an understanding of his background coming into the war. He was twenty-eight years old when the war began and had already formed many opinions. Born in 1886, Bloch childhood was ... , vivid in themselves but badly arranged like a reel of movie film that showed here and there large gaps and the unintended reversal of certain scenes. 89 152 "The misery of damness -age of mud."" "I suffered ac...

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... Jewish, Asian, Latino, and perhaps others. However, the stage is set, as they are an elite private school that is inside a European-style historical building. A huge building that looms over the land it covers, and is periodically shown as a scene transition throughout the film. As the establishment that confines all of them, all of us, the old-world society that ultimately will bring us all to ... rigid conformity, hence the uniforms and lack of individuality. This attitude is also shown by all the kids, they are very well behaved and socially ... gangs in New York. There is a huge gat...

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