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Butoxors [25]
3 years ago
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What is John Steinbecks purpose in writing the essay “symptoms”

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Klio2033 [76]3 years ago
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to evaluate and analyze the effect war has on soldiers
Mars2501 [29]3 years ago
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In the essay "Symptoms," John Steinbeck discusses the effects that war can have on soldiers. He argues that soldiers often try to forget their experiences as a defense mechanism.

Steinbeck elaborates on this by comparing it to childbirth. He tells us that women similarly have the ability to forget about a traumatic experience because this enables them to have more children. It is a defense mechanism. Similarly, soldiers are able to forget the hardship of war in order to keep living their lives or to fight in a war again.

Steinbeck's purpose was to explain the experiences of war in a way that was more relatable to the reader. He is successful in doing so because he compares it to a phenomenon most readers are likely to be familiar with.

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