As a soldier, whether one is a British soldier like Danny Deever was, a Chinese soldier, or an American soldier, there are many duties and codes one has to carry out and follow no matter the circumstances, such as following commands from those above you. Through the poem of “Danny Deever” by Rudyard Kipling, a reader would be able to infer that there are there are duties that inflict pain mentally on soldiers. Even though the everyday citizen thinks the soldiers to be the toughest of the tough and the bravest of the brave, they are not always so tough mentally. That can be seen in Kipling’s writing when the author tells us that the rear rank is “breathing so ‘ard” and one front rank man fell down. Many of the soldiers, including Files,
