Essay Intro

While Peter Weir’s film, Gallipoli, presents the idea that the promise of adventure is a primary incentive in young men’s decisions to go to war, it also suggests that this perception of war is misguided and does not fully encompass the devastating consequences of their decision. Many young men join the army in search of adventure, deluded into believing that war will bring them glory and a welcome escape from the life they are used to. In reality, the experience of war and its destructive nature is much more devastating than their expectations. Thus the film presents two conflicting ideas; that while war can be perceived as a thrilling and exciting adventure, its is also brutal in the way in which it takes away everything you love.