Requiem for a Wren by Nevil Shute6/24/2023 ![]() Alan Duncan, though considerably changed by his war experience, comes to terms with his life and adapts as best he could. Though this is somewhat a sad story, it is a hopeful one as well. Life afterward is nothing but just a struggle for survival, which battle she loses at the end. Her life is weighed by grief and guilt, and the resulting PTSD completely unmans her. With slow accuracy, Alan brings to life Janet, and her story wins the reader's sympathy. ![]() While the story is more or less revolved around the narrator/protagonist, a good part of it is spent on the story of the wren officer, Janet Prentice. His fear of flying and the fear of facing life challenges in his new disability are personal hurdles that he must overcome. The brother's girl, a wren officer, is lost to him without a trace, and he must find her for his brother's sake. His brother, a marine sergeant, has died in Normandy and he wishes to learn the true details. But this is not easy.ĭisabled fighter pilot, Alan Duncan, must confront his own ghosts and fears. They know that they must put the past behind them and adapt to civil life as best as they could. ![]() The ghosts of the past haunt them, the guilt weighs them, and an unexplainable restlessness possesses them. War may be over, but for them, it'll never be over. ![]() Requiem for a Wren is a sad story of the consequences of those servicemen/women who served in WWII. "Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over.” ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |