The Living Unknown Soldier : A Story of Grief and the Great War

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Summary: Lost and Disillusioned
Review: In "The Living Unknown Soldier," Anthelme is a an unidentified French Soldier in post WWI Europe. He is suffering from Amnesia and doesnt remember who is family is or where he is to call home. He searches countless times all over Europe. People who cannot find realitives of their own take him in, thinking if he can't remember who he is maybe he is our lost relitive. Distant family memebers desperately hold on to the shroud of hope that he maybe their family member. In this book Anthelme represents the young generation of France. The childish belief that once something is over it is forgotten. It is trying to show how France wants its people to forget the horrible losses of the war and move on into the next stage of civilization. France felt guilty for the way the family's suffered, for the lost, the innnocent, and the missing. This book represents the way the whole country of France felt, Lost and Disillusioned.