A question I have to do for homework is, "what problems does Source K [below] suggest historians encounter when trying to explain attitudes held by men during the first world war from the perspective of the late twentieth century?"
Source K is: 'Our plastic throw away, take-away society is completely alien to the spartan values for which the men of 1914 to 1918 fought and died. What place does 'courage', 'comradeship', 'loyalty' and above all, 'sacrifice' have in the 'me' world?... The bewilderment on te faces of the aged survivors of the war when I asked them what they thought of the modern world, was painful to behold.'
Extract from 'The war walk', written in 1983 by Nigel Jones.
I'm not asking anyone to do my homework because I'm capable of that when I get the gist of the question but:
1. I don't understand what the question's asking me to do
and
2. I don't really understand what the source is saying..
Can anyone enlighten me on these please?!
Lorna
2007-01-09
07:32:12
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