II. Diction
In the novel War is... people talk about when they served in the military and how it was a very difficult time for them. There are multiple authors in this book so you hear a lot of different voices. The mood these authors all set for these stories they tell is very solemn and indifferent “For the people of one country to try to kill as many of the people of another country as possible makes no sense at all, in terms of our common humanity ” (Campbell 3). Occasionally some of the stories will have an emotional appeal and it will make you feel hopeless and sulky “ People see things in war that the human soul is not equipped to bear. In every war, soldiers return wounded not in their bodies but in their minds” (Campbell 4). The
In the novel War is... people talk about when they served in the military and how it was a very difficult time for them. There are multiple authors in this book so you hear a lot of different voices. The mood these authors all set for these stories they tell is very solemn and indifferent “For the people of one country to try to kill as many of the people of another country as possible makes no sense at all, in terms of our common humanity ” (Campbell 3). Occasionally some of the stories will have an emotional appeal and it will make you feel hopeless and sulky “ People see things in war that the human soul is not equipped to bear. In every war, soldiers return wounded not in their bodies but in their minds” (Campbell 4). The