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    My Little Brother Marwa Safi It’s a cold frosty night in the trenches and nearly all the soldiers are fast asleep. John finds a spot to rest and prepares for the night. He takes out a blanket from his back and sees his little brother’s hat. (Sigh deeply with tears in his eyes) JOHN Why did you have to leave me so quick (pause) we didn’t finish off our debate about who will be the better football player (Puts the hat against his chest and lies down looking

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    be accompanied by a form of human conflict resulting from human nature of self gain and interest. Witnesses of human conflict have chosen to represent their experiences through a variety of forms and text types‚ like the poet of interest Wilfred Owen.Wilfred Owen portrays his understanding and perspective of human conflict through placing the audience in his shoes‚ letting them relive the horrific events he witnessed throughout his service in war. Through the lens of Owen’s perspective‚ human conflict

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    War is not a force to be messed‚ with as shown in “Dulce Et Decorum Est” written by Wilfred Owen who served in the Royal British military as an infantryman. Wilfred Owen wrote the poem on first hand experiences of fellow soldiers dying around him from gas‚ artillery‚ fire‚ or simple small arms fire. Wilfred Owen is trying to inform the general public through the theme that war is not a heroic dream that some may have read about‚ but war is horrific‚ nightmarish and if you aren’t on your toes you

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    understand this phrase better than Wilfred Owen author of Dulce et decorum est‚ a veteran of World War One. In his poem he tells a vivid tale of a young soldier dying horrifically in a chlorine gas attack. He writes this in a desperate attempt to end the calls for war‚ so there would be no more "children ardent for some desperate glory" sent off to war. Owen’s poem is in protest of young men being sent to their death in war‚ his tone is pleading and bitter. Owen titles his poem Dulce et decorum est

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    the game and Wilfred Owen- ‘Dulce Et Decorum Est’ Question: How and why do the text differ and how would they be interpreted by different readers? Focus of the Text The focus of this written task was to show understanding of war language and how this language works. For example there are a couple of things that often recur in war language such as metaphors and simile. However‚ these two stylistic devices can be used in both a positive (Jessie Pope) and a negative (Wilfred Owen) way. This causes

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    In his poetry‚ Wilfred Owen confronted horrific realities of war‚ while many of his contemporaries chose not to address this issue due to the heroic label attached to soldiers who enlisted. Through an array of literary techniques‚ Owen explores the raw experience of war and its connection to patriotism and irony. Both Poems ‘Mental Cases’ and ‘Dulce et Decorum est.’ employ very similar literary techniques which convey the vivid and challenging themes of War. Through this‚ Owen gives the reader a

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    Katherine Mansfield and “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen In these works “The Fly” by Katherine Mansfield and “Disabled” by Wilfred Owen both reflect on the relations with memory and trauma from the First World War. Mansfield shows her connection through a father who lost his son at war and struggles with reminiscing his son’s death. Mansfield shows how the character starving for attention on the looks of his office to forget the painful damage the war has caused him. Owen writes his story from a soldier’s

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    Rupert Brooke and Wilfred Owen were young Englishmen when the first world war began in 1914. Before the war had finished four years later‚both had experienced the horror and pointlessness of war and lost their lives. Each poet takes a different approach to the war in their poetry. Wilfred Owen uses negative language such as ’cancer’ ’vile’ ’froth corrupted’ to generate unsettling images‚ that made his reader think war was a terrible thing. On the other hand Rupert Brooke wrote romantic poems filled

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    once he comes back into the cave of lies‚ therefore alienated. Factors of war that caused modernists to scorn traditional ways will be examined in Wilfred Owen’s war poem ‘’Dulce Et Decorum Est‚’’ while alienation and individualism will be examined in poetic masterpieces by Edgar Allan Poe‚ ‘’Alone’’ and T.S Eliot’s ‘’The Love Song of J. Alfred

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    Wilfred Owen – extended response. Discuss how Owens perspective on human conflict is conveyed in his poetry. As Wilfred Owen had served in the Great War that went from 1914 to 1918 or world war one as its known today‚ he gained firsthand experience and witnessed the reality of war for himself and put theses experiences into his poetry. His Perspective of human conflict developed from what he saw on the battlefield as well

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