themes

Question 1

memoralisation

Answer 1

• millions of mouthless: scale of suffering cant be expressed
• anthem for doomed youth: futility of lost generation
• ALLW: mass bodies, end scene

Question 2

slaughter

Answer 2

• dead mans dump: hellish nature of war with inescapable death
• millions of mouthless: scale of suffering
• dulce: glory for dying for ones country
• ALLW: gas attack, somme, first page

Question 3

life on front line

Answer 3

• dulce: glory for dying for ones country, gas attack
• the rear guard: reality + desensitisation of war
• ALLW: mass suffering, battle of somme, gas attack

Question 4

enlistment

Answer 4

• men who march away: bravery and pride
• the volunteer: idealised enlistment
• ALLW: willies reasons, propaganda, soldiers reasons
• MCMXIV: aftermath of enlistment

Question 5

innocence

Answer 5

• MCMXIV: innocence of home front/soldiers
• men who march away: patrioticism for enlisting
• ALLW: willie’s development, expectation vs reality, bath scene

Question 6

heroism

Answer 6

• ## the hero: percieved glory in death, idealised version of death, ironic

Question 7

authority figures

Answer 7

• the general: separation between generals and soldiers, diff experiences
• major stokes: beginning as outsider, ends realising true reality
• moran: honest portrayal, mental affects of war
• pasley: atypical description, well respected leader

Question 8

lost generation

Answer 8

• ALLW: opening chapter

Question 9

comrardemry

Question 10

imperialism and nationalism

Answer 10

• ## an irish airman: his fate, confusion of who fighting for

Question 11

pacificism

Answer 11

• glory of women: glorifying fighting of soldiers
• ALLW: willies letter
• chapter 5

Question 12

attitudes

Answer 12

• volunteer: pre war attitudes, regarding war as an achievement
• into battle: war as part of earth, glorified version of war
• the solider: romanticised view of dying for england
• pasleys description/ home
• idealised view by generals
• role of religion

Question 13

horrors of war

Answer 13

• dulce
• dead mans dump

Question 14

duty

Answer 14

• men who march away
• glory of women
• anthem for doomed youth

Question 15

setting

Answer 15

• dead mans dump
• exposure
• the rear guard

Question 16

war changes individuals

Answer 16

• dulce
• strange meeting
• MCMXIV
• the hero
• exposure (loss of faith)

Question 17

conflict with superiors

Answer 17

• the general
• easter 1916 (criticises)
• irish airman (challenges authority)

Question 18

futility

Answer 18

• dulce

Question 19

non-combatants/home front

Answer 19

• the hero
• glory of women
• MCMXIV
• easter 1916
• exposure
• anthem for doomed youth

Question 20

loss

Answer 20

• an airman
• dulce
• dead mans dump
• MCMXIV
• anthem for doomed youth