Generals Die In Bed Analysis
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Brandon Fisher
ENG4U1
Mr. Robson
March 4, 2015
A Sufficient Taste of warfare: Examining a passage from Generals Die in Bed Throughout the selected passage, from Charles Yale Harrison 's Generals Die in Bed, there is clear evidence of the purpose, descriptive imagery, and the authors intriguing style. It displays the lethal truths about combat in the trenches during world war 2 as the main character known as Young, takes the reader through his first struggle in the foxhole. After getting a comprehensive understanding of the chosen passage, the purpose stands out as an important component. ' 'We don 't care. We are safe ' ' (13) is how Young describes the feeling that he and his platoon are experiencing until a sentence later when ' 'without warning it starts again” (13). Together, these quotes link to the main purpose of how life can shift from being …show more content…
Harrison 's tone comes across as serious and realistic which is suitable for the selected paragraphs. He displays how clever he is through unique scenarios that are considerably possible. ' 'I began to pray. God-God-please... I remember I do not believe in God ' ' (14) is a good example for this because the reader may be thinking the same thought if he or she were in this situation. Although some of his lines like ' 'A piece of mud flies into my mouth. It is cool and refreshing. It tastes earthy ' ' (14) seem a little odd and out of place, they are actual feeling that the reader may feel in such a situation. One other component to the authors style is his use of literary devices. ' 'The air screams and howls like an insane woman ' ' (4) is an one example of personification that displays how he ties in classical forms of literature throughout his writing. Overall it would be fair to say Harrison 's style is quite serious and suspenseful. It benefits his
Brandon Fisher
ENG4U1
Mr. Robson
March 4, 2015
A Sufficient Taste of warfare: Examining a passage from Generals Die in Bed Throughout the selected passage, from Charles Yale Harrison 's Generals Die in Bed, there is clear evidence of the purpose, descriptive imagery, and the authors intriguing style. It displays the lethal truths about combat in the trenches during world war 2 as the main character known as Young, takes the reader through his first struggle in the foxhole. After getting a comprehensive understanding of the chosen passage, the purpose stands out as an important component. ' 'We don 't care. We are safe ' ' (13) is how Young describes the feeling that he and his platoon are experiencing until a sentence later when ' 'without warning it starts again” (13). Together, these quotes link to the main purpose of how life can shift from being …show more content…
Harrison 's tone comes across as serious and realistic which is suitable for the selected paragraphs. He displays how clever he is through unique scenarios that are considerably possible. ' 'I began to pray. God-God-please... I remember I do not believe in God ' ' (14) is a good example for this because the reader may be thinking the same thought if he or she were in this situation. Although some of his lines like ' 'A piece of mud flies into my mouth. It is cool and refreshing. It tastes earthy ' ' (14) seem a little odd and out of place, they are actual feeling that the reader may feel in such a situation. One other component to the authors style is his use of literary devices. ' 'The air screams and howls like an insane woman ' ' (4) is an one example of personification that displays how he ties in classical forms of literature throughout his writing. Overall it would be fair to say Harrison 's style is quite serious and suspenseful. It benefits his