Testament of Youth - Part 2
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2george1295
Well, I'm nearly through Part II. What tragedy. I can understand how Vera Brittain would have become an activist for both womens' rights and a pacifist.
3Cecilturtle
I have finished the second part and am still shaking at the last few pages - to have the war end and count so many deaths! Roland's was sad, Victor and Geoffrey's were a shame, but Edward's! I had to sniff back the tears - so close to the end after so much hardship; it seems hardly fair.
The Malta months were a fascinating mix of horrors and beautiful stolen moments in a welcoming island; I actually had to reread the part about Brittain going back to London to marry Victor - it seemed so out of character! As she analyses later, Brittain hardly seems the meek, altruistic type. Certainly the gesture was beautiful but I think that, without necessarily regretting it, she would have been unhappy.
I struggled a bit with the France months, my attention ebbing with all the detail. It didn't have the same bright appeal for me as Malta and I sense there were probably many dreary days. It picked up again when Brittain moves to London and lives a culture clash of sorts - I really felt the frustration and resentment compiled with grief. The conclusion was poignant - all this loss for so little gain. It's mind boggling to think that these emotions will start all over again a few short decades later.
The reconstruction years will be interesting. I anticipate a change of pace as Brittain forges her way again in a new world order.
The Malta months were a fascinating mix of horrors and beautiful stolen moments in a welcoming island; I actually had to reread the part about Brittain going back to London to marry Victor - it seemed so out of character! As she analyses later, Brittain hardly seems the meek, altruistic type. Certainly the gesture was beautiful but I think that, without necessarily regretting it, she would have been unhappy.
I struggled a bit with the France months, my attention ebbing with all the detail. It didn't have the same bright appeal for me as Malta and I sense there were probably many dreary days. It picked up again when Brittain moves to London and lives a culture clash of sorts - I really felt the frustration and resentment compiled with grief. The conclusion was poignant - all this loss for so little gain. It's mind boggling to think that these emotions will start all over again a few short decades later.
The reconstruction years will be interesting. I anticipate a change of pace as Brittain forges her way again in a new world order.
4george1295
I agree with your thoughts about her going back to marry Victor. The moment I read that I thought this would be a terrible mistake. I believer she was sincere in her heart, but that she was somehow trying to make up for the injustice that war deals out. There is no place for "fair" in war. It is unsympathetic, uncaring, merciless, irrational and above all unfair. I believe that God controls our lives and nowhere in the Bible have I ever read that God is described as fair--only that he loves us very much.
