Analysis Of Two Friends By Guy De Maupassant
“Two friends” was written by Guy De Maupassant. French writer Guy de Maupassant in full Henry-René-Albert-Guy de Maupassant, born August 5, 1850, near Dieppe, France. Guy is famous for his short stories, which paint a fascinating picture of French life in the 19th century. He was prolific, publishing over 300 short stories and six novels, but died at a young age after ongoing struggles with both physical and mental health related to syphilis (Turnell & Dumesnil, 2017).
“Tone is the attitude projected toward the subject and the audience,” (School, A.H., 2012). In this short story, you get sadness, happiness when they thought of old times and then scared at then end. You read the words, gloomy, dull, and absent-minded. Blockade, starved in its death agony (pg.1234).
The setting of the story takes place in the story is set in Paris in 1871, during the Franco-Prussian war. During this time of war, towns around them were empty, you ate what you could find. The first sentence says, “even the sparrows are sparse, and the sewers were being depopulated” (pg. 1234) people were eating whatever they could.
The two men enjoyed fishing and because of the weather and the war, they had been unable to enjoy fishing like before. After they had a few drinks, they decided that they would go fishing. They knew that they could get a …show more content…
“Two Friends” is one of his war stories about two friends who were captured by Prussian soldiers and died for their country together in honor. Guy de Maupassant used his own experiences and unique writing style to create these two characters, who symbolized loyal French citizens who became protesters to the war; at the same time, he showed the readers how cruel Prussian soldiers were (AndrewXu, n.d.) He also used his time during the war to use his experiences to write about friendship, loyalty and that no one should be
“Tone is the attitude projected toward the subject and the audience,” (School, A.H., 2012). In this short story, you get sadness, happiness when they thought of old times and then scared at then end. You read the words, gloomy, dull, and absent-minded. Blockade, starved in its death agony (pg.1234).
The setting of the story takes place in the story is set in Paris in 1871, during the Franco-Prussian war. During this time of war, towns around them were empty, you ate what you could find. The first sentence says, “even the sparrows are sparse, and the sewers were being depopulated” (pg. 1234) people were eating whatever they could.
The two men enjoyed fishing and because of the weather and the war, they had been unable to enjoy fishing like before. After they had a few drinks, they decided that they would go fishing. They knew that they could get a …show more content…
“Two Friends” is one of his war stories about two friends who were captured by Prussian soldiers and died for their country together in honor. Guy de Maupassant used his own experiences and unique writing style to create these two characters, who symbolized loyal French citizens who became protesters to the war; at the same time, he showed the readers how cruel Prussian soldiers were (AndrewXu, n.d.) He also used his time during the war to use his experiences to write about friendship, loyalty and that no one should be