Life in the trenches‚ during World War I‚ was a horrible experience for the soldiers of that time. Many soldiers were faced with death during these times. The sources of their deaths were either enemy attacks or their contraction of harmful diseases. Another major obstacle‚ in the trenches‚ was of the infestation of rats. Rats‚ either black or brown‚ were feared and were nuisances to the soldiers. Brown rats‚ especially‚ were detested due to their tendencies to feed on human remains‚ including the
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My dear Lucy‚ I know that I am not supposed to be writing to you right now but I just couldn’t help it; I need to express myself to you on everything that has been going on here in the trenches. The trenches are so cold at the moment; I wish it would stay this way though. It’s perfect right now‚ beautiful snowfall and this I am happy for‚ brings us back the old memories of me and you. Unfortunately it will not be like this forever‚ it will be summer in a while and that is going to be bad. I remember
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The same reading‚ “Echoes and Voices‚” also explains that‚ “Ahead of us‚ wave after wave of British troops were crawling out of their trenches and coming towards us at a walk.” This shows how all these soldiers had just given up and accepted their fate‚ because of all the people that they saw die. This idea is demonstrated in the quote because if these soldiers had not given up‚ they would
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Courtney Zamarione Mr. Neuber Pre-Ap English II 1st hour February 8‚ 2013 In life‚ everyone has a time where they question their chance of survival or their mortality. In Break of Day in the Trenches‚ by Isaac Rosenberg‚ he makes a reference that a rat has a better chance of surviving that he does. That even someone more worthless than him is going to survive this terrible thing called war. In this narrative poem‚ he is at war fighting in France during World War I‚ questioning his chance of
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present‚ with heavy war machinery and severe casualties. The picture in the Stearns text book on page 808 displays a group of soldiers during World War I in the trenches‚ their homes and in most cases-their death beds during combat. In this picture it is clear to see that life in the trenches was dismal and uncomfortable. Trenches were basically dug out pieces of land that soldiers fought from and sought refuge in upon returning attacks. They were not fun places to live and consisted of numbers
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Dulce was written in response to Jesse Pope’s patriotic poem motivating men to go to war called Who’s for the Game? She compared the war to a innocent rugby game‚ a verse that could have irritated was Who would much rather come back with a crutch Than lie low and be out of the fun? The fact that Jesse said that people would come back with just a crutch was insane‚ it was portrayed as bad to stay at home‚ instead of not fighting being described as safe Jesse called it ‘ lying low’ which comes across
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in the Trenches is rough and horrible. We get woken up in the middle of the night due to fire falling on us. I then have to take cover and crouch in a corner. “ Each man lays hold of his things and looks again every minute to reassure himself that they are still there.” (Source 1) The troops and I have to hold are things and every minute we need to look see if they are still there. In the trenches there is rats. “ The rats have become much more numerous lately because the trenches are no
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The Trenches – WW1 I’m encapsulated in the unending nightmare of fear. The rain continues to bore on infinitely‚ pounding on the grubby ground and turning it into vast lakes of murky water. The miserable‚ grey clouds covered the sky‚ only letting a few rays of sun slip through. The monotonous sound of raindrops beating on the helmets of the soldiers thundered down like bullets. Everything was miserable‚ grey‚ and lacklustre. The thick layer of mud squelched beneath my feet as I struggled to walk
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that turned into a lie. It’s disgusting. There’s not much to eat around here‚ so I eat lice and the rats that I can find. I haven’t taken a shower in over two weeks. I wish I was home right now wrapped up in that warm blanket you made me. These trenches they have us in are so small. It seems like everything around me is crammed up. Maybe it’s just me. You know how claustrophobic I get sometimes. It’s horrible here. Every day‚ every hour‚ one of the friends I had made here at this war is gone. Their
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