Journey's End By Rc Sherriff

War, with no doubt, changes anyone that experiences it. “Journey’s End” is an effective play written in 1928 by R.C. Sherriff, who abundantly illustrates the influence of war upon different soldiers’ mind-set. Sherriff’s personal real life experience in war caused “Journey’s End” to be one of the plays that portray the closest reality of war. It is set in St Quentin, where soldiers waited in the dreadful trenches for the German’s massive attack. R.C. Sherriff accomplishes in successfully illustrating the gruesome effects of war on different soldiers by showing a change in their behaviour and personality.

Sherriff clearly shows the downside of war on Stanhope. His reality changed when he joined the military fresh out of school. Stanhope, the popular kid in
He is being called a “drunkard” by other soldiers and is known to be “drinking like a fish” the author uses a simile to clearly show the way Stanhope is dependent on alcohol for survival is the same way a fish is dependent on water to live. Being the commander of company C meant that he has experience and has been in the military for “nearly three years”. Since he’s been in the military the longest, he witnessed uncountable deaths. Dealing with the loss of some of his fellow soldiers consumed him. He didn’t have anyone to talk to about it, so he found comfort in a bottle. Stanhope even admits to Raleigh that he drinks “to forget” after Osborne’s death. He is dedicated to his work that he “goes on sticking it, month in, month out”, some men died trying to be as dedicated as Stanhope and some got ill or went back home while Stanhope was wholly committed to his duty. All soldiers respected Stanhope that they gave excuses for his occasionally tense behaviour, as they claim that it is “only the strain” that changed him. Stanhope is deeply ashamed of the person he became that he spent his last leave in Paris and it was “some leave” rather than going back home because “he didn’t think