What common themes of war literature are reflected in these excerpts?
1.my friend, you would not tell with such high zest
to children ardent for some desperate glory,
the old lie; dulce et decorum est
pro patria mori.
(wilfred owen, "dulce et decorum est")
2.you smug-faced crowds with kindling eye
who cheer when soldier lads march by,
sneak home and pray you'll never know
the hell where youth and laughter go.
(siegfried sassoon, "suicide in the trenches")
bitterness at the massive loss of life caused by war
anger at the ignorance of civilians and leaders at home
the innocence and ignorance of enlisted soldiers
anger at the government for lying to enlisted youth
the pain of those left at home waiting for the soldiers
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In these excerpts, both of these themes are expressed. The fact that people at home are ignorant of the reality of war is obvious in the first excerpt as the author talks to the stranger telling the old lie of how great it is to die for your country. In the second excerpt, this is shown by how the author addresses the "smug-faced crowds."

The second theme is discussed in the first excerpt when the author talks about the "children ardent for some desperate glory." In the second excerpt, it is reflected by talking about the "youth and laughter" of the soldiers.

it is the background information on the characters and setting explained at the beginning of the story. the exposition will often have information about events that happened before the story began. the exposition is often the very first part of the plot.

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