World War Chapter 1 Analysis

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War destroys the individual, family, and society. Society -Society becomes more war like, regular people start embracing war both physically and mentally. Page 7 (Parade for the war) “Here come the troops down younge street! Women abandon all their former reticence and rush into the roadway, throwing flowers and waving flags. Here come the 48th highlanders!! Kilts and drums and leopard skins. Boys race after them on bikes, Little girls whose mouth hang open, hardly dare to follow. Older men remove farewell salute. 'GOD SAVE THE KING!!!' (a banner). Everywhere you look, trains are pulling of stations, ships are sailing out of ports. People are celebrating the war, or soldiers going off to war. Page 8 Then all of a sudden 6000…show more content…
Heather tries to make Robert jealous by saying another guy loves her but he doesn't show any interest. “Then why should I fight him, Robert had asked...Robert thought it was idiotic and said so”. Him not wanting to fight with Tom Bryan which shows another sign of him not being a fighter or fit for war. Page 14: Robert looked to one side from under the peak of his cap, hoping that no one had seen him flinch from the steam or stepping back from the fire. Guilty about Rowena's death Robert is seen with a horse and dog in the prologue, after the 'war', and when we come across Taffler we see that he is accompanied with a horse and dog. Page 16 “The melting snow began to turn to mist...platform.” This is the moment of decision for him, whether he will choose the path of purity or the path of destruction. In the end, he chooses to go to war and leave behind everything. Page 29 Gives an intensely vivid picture of vivid. Family -Rabbit's are a symbol, Rowena died before the rabbit's- the animal's are meant to have a very short life span. -“Natural progression” - Girl dies before her pets -Robert's mother avoids emotional attachments with her family since she's afraid of getting too close of the ones she loves, since they have all

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