Everywhere they turn constant reminders of the war surround them, weapons or perhaps even people that remind them of the loathsome duties they have to carry out. ... Such events as injury occurring around you may be shocking to most usually, but to people fighting in the war they have become the norm. ... Some of the words used are "lame" (although this may be literal as evidently men are liable to injury in a war situation), "blind" (probably meaning ignorant of the occurrences around them) and "deaf" (see the definition of blind). ... Owen describes the men as being deaf and blind to the noi...

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• Grade Level: High School

During this time in history if men didn't fight then they were considered cowards but not many people actually knew what they were signing up for. ... In line7 "deaf 2 even to the hoots of tired, outstripped five nines that dropped behind". ... The imagery was intended to let them feel the struggle of war and the effects war has on the people that experience it. ... This piece is a very real representation of what war is and how being there in the battle can tru...

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• Grade Level: High School

They wrote a good piece of literature which really showed the peoples feelings during this time. The wars affected people and their everyday lives because many of their loved ones were fighting and dying .In three different literary works and by three different authors the topic of war is presented in a variety of styles. ... Next, Owen uses an irony image of the soldiers "All went lame; all blind; drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots of tired" (664) which also shows the impending doom and horror of war. ... No matter which side one is on, people must die, and a good reason d...

• Word Count: 1752
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

They remind the men of people dying as the flame of the flares brought them back to the battlefield where explosions took place and thousands of lives were taken in seconds. We imagine the soldiers as being tired and due a break from the ceaseless fighting as they stroll towards their distant rest because the passage states that the men where "deaf even to the hoots of gas-shells dropping softly behind" and, "Drunk with fatigue". ...

• Word Count: 1476
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School