From Here to Eternity (Masterplots II: American Fiction Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: James Jones
- First Published: 1951
- Type of Plot: Naturalism
- Time of Work: The months leading up to the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941
- Setting: Hawaii
- Principal Characters: Private Robert E. Lee Prewitt, Sergeant Milton Anthony Warden, Captain Dana “Dynamite” Holmes, Karen Holmes, Lorene (Alma Schmidt)
- Genres: Long fiction, Naturalistic literature
- Subjects: United States or Americans, Love or romance, 1940’s, Prostitution or prostitutes, World War II, Adultery, Boxing, Military life or service, Pearl Harbor
- Locales: Hawaii
The Novel
The novel opens with Prewitt’s transfer from the Bugle Corps to G Company. Angry because he has been replaced as the number-one bugler, Prewitt requests a transfer, showing a rebellious pride which is to drive his action throughout the novel. The army private, however, has the misfortune of transferring into a company commanded by Captain Dana “Dynamite” Holmes, the regimental boxing coach.
Boxing plays an important part in the novel. Prewitt had been a boxer at one time—and a good one. One day, however, while sparring with a fellow enlisted man, he...
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