Themes In Death Of The Ball Turret And Dulce Et Decorum

The themes in Death of the Ball Turret and Dulce et Decorum is that war is over glorified. Wilfred Owen and Randall Jarrell shed light to the aspect of war which many people overlook – the struggles of every soldier. When people think of war and soldiers they think of pride, uniformity, and coordination. However many people neglect to tell the horrific details of war. Owen depicts the endeavors of a soldier as they fight a tireless battle with fatigue as they “marched asleep” (5). The message in both stories is that war is gruesome. They serve as grim reminders that the war isn’t only the victories that we hear on television. The duty of a soldier is daunting, some encounter an excruciating death, and when they do they wash them “out of the