and the impact on characters in Birdsong‚ Regeneration and selected WWI poetry. The reality of war and the mental and physical impact on the involved characters is an important theme in WWI literature. The texts that will be considered involve Birdsong by Sabastian Faulkes‚ Regeneration by Pat Baker and selected poetry. Specific poems focus on the horrific conditions in the trench and the gruesome action soldiers had to witness; this can be associated with Birdsong which describes the accounts from
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difficult to think of words of encouragement or inspiration when he himself did not believe there was a purpose to the war or an end in sight. He fell to his knees but did not pray…Horrocks pulled the silver cross from his chest and hurled it from him…Jack knew what had died in him. (Colonel Barclay) You are going to fight and you are going to win. You are going to inflict such a defeat on the enemy that he will never recover. I confidently expect that only a handful of shots will be fired at you
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Summary of talk: Mai Birdsong‚ family activist‚ explains that many people have been tried to reduce poverty in the U.S for last 50 years. People have created and invested million dollars NPO-non profit organization with a purpose of helping people for poor; however‚ it is not enough for people in poverty. Therefore‚ she insists that we should reconsider at people in poverty: they may sift their poverty because marginalized communities are full of talent people‚ hustling‚ and working. She indicates
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d Character | Evidence | Victory | Defeat | Stephen | ‘She said nothing to Stephen’‘He lay and stared at the night beyond the window. He felt himself grow cold.’ | He finally has Isabelle all to himself. | He loses Isabelle‚ loses his job and has a child he doesn’t know about. | Berard | ‘He gave a glance of complicity to Berard‚ who chuckled.’‘Azaire took over in the stern from Berard‚ who sat perspiring next to his wife.’ | He thinks he knows all about Azaire and Isabelle.He is pompous and
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words "JACK FIREBRACE LAY forty-five feet underground" .. And ending with the words... "A rising melody under the scratch of a thick gramophone needle...” (Pages 121 to 138 Vintage Edition). (21 marks) Faulks tells the story of Birdsong in the introduction of Part 2 by instantly creating a dramatic effect by changing every key factor from part 1 to Part 2 including which decade it is in and the characters. The first line of Part 2 instantly creates a gripping effect on the reader. ‘Jack Firebrace
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How does Faulks tell the story in pages 243-250 of ‘Birdsong’? In pages 243-250‚ Faulks uses the character of Elizabeth to introduce a new section of the story‚ England 1978. In this section Faulks uses third person narrative to tell the story from Elizabeth’s perspective in order to give an omniscient approach. Faulks uses third person narrative to present the reader with a wide range of different viewpoints from different characters. Faulks alludes to previous events that happened in part 2 but
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Compare the ways death and escapism are presented in Journey’s End & Birdsong. To what extent do you agree that Journey’s End portrayal of death is more effective than Birdsong? The early 1920s marked a period of silence in the arts as the problem remained on how to represent the war. The main struggle was getting plays staged because if they were‚ they were often failures‚ as no theatre manager was willing to take a play with a moral or historical purpose. Therefore‚ Sherriff’s Journey’s End‚ first
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Birdsong The character development of Stephen Wraysford. At the begging of Birdsong we firstly notice the Azaire family name in the opening page. Shortly following Stephen Wraysford is the first character (who ironically happens to be the main character of Birdsong) to be introduced into the novel. Within the opening pages of the novel it becomes apparent that Stephan has a fairly strong sense of what is right and what is wrong‚ therefore leading one on to assume that if Stephen classed something
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Letters Home From Vietnam Review The powerful emotions triggered through watching this film can be acknowledged without question. What I found the most interesting was the use of real news footage from that time period that aired on major news networks‚ swaying people’s opinions about our justification for being in Vietnam. Being able to view that gave me a 1st hand look into soldiers’ opinions of the war as well as protests and how they differed then. The actors reading the leaders with pure emotion
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Trench Warfare Letter Home Dear Mother‚ How are you? I hope all is fine. It has been almost a year since I have seen you and I miss you with all my heart. Having not seen father since I was 2 is bad enough. I don’t want to let go of you either. How is my loving sister? Is she married yet? Don’t wait for me mother‚ because I might never return so please do me a favour and get her life together. Mother‚ you know quite well‚ I wish to be there to support you but I have a job
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