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The Reality Of War
Close Reading and Critical Writing 4/22/00 When at war, the civilian citizens of the country at war see the war as glorious and serving in it, to them, would probably be a great honor. They have never experienced war and have built up a great fantasy, aided by movies and the media, which allows them to believe that although war causes great loss, the victory at the end of the war eliminates the loss. If the people were not blinded by the fantasy that honors those who die protecting their country, they would have a totally different and real picture of war, would not be as eager to send young men and women to fight in them, and would not find serving in them as sweet or decorous. Two works, Wilfred Owen’s poem, “Dulce Et Decorum Est,” and Tim O’Brien’s short story, “The Things They Carried,” show creatively and effectively this reality of war that the civilians fail to see. Throughout his work, Wilfred Owen uses imagery to vividly portray this grim reality of war to the reader. He immediately begins his poem with the use of this imagery when he calls upon the reader to imagine the soldiers “Bent double, like old beggars …”(1), which causes the reader to understand that because of what they have been put through in the war, the soldiers become akin to old beggars that old age and poverty have forced to bend double. Another vivid 2 image, given to the reader when the poem asserts that “many have lost their boots/ But limped on, blood shod” (5-6), allows the readers to realize that in war many suffer great pain and loss. The uncertainty of war, shown when the narrator says, “An ecstasy of fumbling, / Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;/ But someone still was yelling out and stumbling…”(9-11), further cements the idea for the reader that war becomes something that people must suffer through and that causes great loss of life, not the false image that he or she had built up. Another imag... Please login to view comments from other users.
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