Summary of War Flashcards
(4 cards)
Paragraph one
-complexities of war/ soldiers is bathe lover + killer through different lenses
-group of soldiers return over a particularly bloody battle ground + found enemy body
-photo of girls leaves soldiers grieving for enemy who they can now see is a human
Paragraph two
-pope turns blind eye to lover and focus on showing war as fun and games
-emphasises that was is a enjoyable and exciting task
-shoulders off any ugly of combat
- pope call men forward encourages them to sign up and promises the country will sing their praises
Paragraph 3
- written by Keith Douglas a ww2 soldier who died in 1944 serving as a tank commander.
-time set (1940-1943) he was station in the North Africa as part of the North African campaign
-heavy artillery was centre an lead to brutal results that scarred soldiers
-trauma prompted title Vergissmeinnicht that makes the point that although 2 different and 2 different languages all just men who need oxygen to survive and wanna be back home
-breaks down barriers and humanise enemy not that different
Paragraph 4
Female poet, no experience of frontline Jessie pope propaganda poet
-born 1886 wrote about ww1 lacked knowledge because wasn’t allowed to reserve
-title executes job of persuading
-positive invasion through rhetorical questions masks the realities and hooks reader
-metaphor helps it seem exciting and men of