Regeneration is deliberately set in a psychiatric hospital, Craiglockhart, and this location highlights some of the major issues of war. Pat Barkers intention in terms of location is obviously because this emphasises some of the key elements of WW1 she wishes to explore, such as the mental trauma that the trenches caused, the often suicidal battle plans of those in charge of the conflict, plus other issues of hierarchical command. From the very beginning the experiences of the patients provide a disturbing insight into the effects of war on the soldiers. Within this hospital, which should be the soldiers sanctuary, their haven we are shocked and moved by Barkers portrayal of events as we realise that the men are seen as unmanly and degenerate for being in hospital.

Barker uses the central character of senior psychiatrist Rivers through his therapy with the patients to highlight their war experiences and the horrific effects of those on them. She employs a mix of fictional and historical chara

?Inspection? is an incredibly intense and bitter poem, which moves the reader so much when they realise they could never comprehend the horror these soldiers faced. This is a poem in which a soldier gets ?confined to camp? because he is seen to have a dirty uniform. We then heart-breakingly realise that this ?dirt? ?the damned spot was blood, his own?, this touches us almost to the core as we see within hierarchies it isn?t good enough that these soldiers have to fight and witness ?the monstrous anger of guns?, but they have to almost be punished for not being infallible as well, and are severely punished for having bled in the battles. This is hugely pathetic as we see the soldiers are in a no-win situation. As the ?sergeant snapped? at the soldier to hold his mouth we realise that no one wants to hear, no one wants to listen to these soldiers and no one in the higher ranks wants to admit that they are wasting and loosing lives awfully.

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