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| 329:question:329--week_11_questions_comments-2020 [2020/11/05 12:42] – [IV.How does this movie work as a primary source about the time period in which it was made or the filmmakers?] 73.40.104.245 | 329:question:329--week_11_questions_comments-2020 [2020/11/05 14:08] (current) – [I.How does this movie work as a secondary source? What does the movie get right about history?] 72.43.62.101 |
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| This film was a surprisingly decent depiction of postwar attitudes after WWII highlighting many of the problems and struggles faced by veterans returning home. **The production of the film itself's proximity to the war and being contemporary to the time it represents lends credit to its ability to portray some of the major fears and conflicts of the time such as the fear of another postwar depression, fear of the effect of soldiers entering the workforce, and concern over the growing nuclear threat and rising tensions with the Soviets.** I like that the film is clear not to cookie-cutter all soldiers into one group but rather portrays the experience of several different veterans throughout the film and their postwar experience, even addressing the experience of those disabled in the war through Homer. They showed some of the PTSD faced by returning soldiers through Fred, and also the increase in divorce rates after the war. I was overall very impressed with the film and think it can serve as a good look into a veteran's and their family's experience in post-WWII America. - Ashley Dimino | This film was a surprisingly decent depiction of postwar attitudes after WWII highlighting many of the problems and struggles faced by veterans returning home. **The production of the film itself's proximity to the war and being contemporary to the time it represents lends credit to its ability to portray some of the major fears and conflicts of the time such as the fear of another postwar depression, fear of the effect of soldiers entering the workforce, and concern over the growing nuclear threat and rising tensions with the Soviets.** I like that the film is clear not to cookie-cutter all soldiers into one group but rather portrays the experience of several different veterans throughout the film and their postwar experience, even addressing the experience of those disabled in the war through Homer. They showed some of the PTSD faced by returning soldiers through Fred, and also the increase in divorce rates after the war. I was overall very impressed with the film and think it can serve as a good look into a veteran's and their family's experience in post-WWII America. - Ashley Dimino |
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| | **I think an interesting discussion to have could center around weather or not this film really can even be considered a secondary source.** Its written when it was made, and while some of it is an outside interpretation of other people's experiences, it still gives their perspective on their own time. Thus, I would argue that it cannot be considered a secondary source at all. **Since it is interpreting it's own time, the film by it's very nature is just one type of primary source, not a secondary one**. -Ethan |
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