Wellum, Geoffrey. First Light. New Book Report

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Wellum's stream-of-consciousness when he is fighting is both funny and compelling: "I reckon I'm a little above, just a fraction, and therefore gaining. God, I hope so. Coupled with fear, I now also feel a sense of anger. What right has this German to fly his snotty little aeroplane over our England and try to kill me? Who invited him? Just because he's stupid enough to believe his bloody Fuhrer and his master-race-dominating-the-world crap, he flies for his wretched Fatherland and tries to impose typical Teutonic bullying on our country. The bloody arrogance of it! Well, you'll not shoot me down you black-crossed sod" (Wellum 154). As evidenced in this quote, Wellum showed coolness and patriotism when he is fighting. Although at times the book can get mired in technical details about aircraft warfare, it also shows the typical life of a British pilot during the era -- using humor to cope with stress, and relaxing with either a cup of tea or a pint after risking his life in a dogfight in horrifying weather.

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Because 'we' won World War II, this war is often portrayed in a romantic light. Wellum's account underlines the ugliness of war, even when the soldiers are fighting a 'good' fight. By the time he was twenty, Wellum felt as worn out as an old man. Just like the film Hope and Glory illustrates the human toll of the war at home, Wellum's book shows the war's consequences on an individual level for the men who fought. The emotional effects of the war were not entirely bad: Wellum clearly believes that he grew tougher and braver as a result of his experiences in combat, even though he does not overlook the frequently tragic results of war: he was transformed from "a schoolboy to an RAF pilot and….....

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