Comparing "Mrs. Dalloway" to "All's Quiet on the Western Front"
For my blog post, I’ve decided to compare the works of “Mrs. Dalloway” and “All’s Quiet on the Western Front.” Released in September of 2022, “All’s Quiet on the Western Front” is an anti-war German film which depicts the loss and horror of World War I, focusing primarily on the late stages of the war from the German side. While this comparison may seem strange, as “Mrs Dalloway” is a book based on a middle-aged woman- Mrs. Dalloway- who details her everyday life, Virginia’s Woolf book does turn focus onto a character by the name of Septimus, a soldier who experiences post-traumatic stress disorder from his time as a soldier in World War I. While “Mrs. Dalloway ''focuses on the aftermath of the war on soldiers, “All’s Quiet on the Western Front” showcases the horrors of the war in its present moment. I watched the movie early in January before reading “Mrs Dalloway,” but I found that through being able to understand the events on the battlefield, I was able to...