The Naked and the Dead | Themes
What distinguishes The Naked and the Dead is the superb symmetry between history as a body of ideas and as a collection of concrete particulars. The war itself and men's notions of war are constantly played off against each other as General Cummings plans his strategy and Sergeant Croft drives his men into battle. These characters are the fictional correlatives of a writer who wants to generalize about war by immersing himself into its minutest parts.
The theme of individuality triumphs in The Naked and the Dead in both trivial and profound ways. What is most...
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