Are the writers really protesting the war? The writers during the war was protesting it while writing. In many articles it show you where you they protest using imagery, irony, and structure.
In the poems and writings the writers make the audience imagine and feel what they are saying about the war. For example in “War Is Kind” by Stephen Crane it says “your father tumbles in the yellow trenches, / Raged at his breast, gulped and died” (13, 14). The author show protest by making the reading imagine that you don’t wanna lose your life or anyone else. Another writer, Wilfred Owen, also show imagery in his writing. In his poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” he describe “many lost their boots/ But limped on, blood shod” (5, 6) to reveal that the military isn’t what people think. the war basically didn’t meet their needs so they went insane. If you ask any reader they’ll say the same or something near. Imagery show what really happens during the war. However irony can protest too. …show more content…
Owen also show irony in his poem by saying “you would not tell with such high zest/ to children ardent for some desperate [measures]” (25, 26). This is basically saying that the writers that isn’t against war is lying to kids to be in the military to be in war. The writer, Kevin Powers, show a lot of irony to the readers I bet. By example in the story The Yellow Birds states “cowardice got you into this mess because you wanted to be a man” (16) to make the reader see that you don’t have join the war to show that you a man. Crane puts the positive and negative in the story to show how the war is really is instead of sugar coating it for the readers. Irony got the readers think in this point. Structure can show many protests by the
In the poems and writings the writers make the audience imagine and feel what they are saying about the war. For example in “War Is Kind” by Stephen Crane it says “your father tumbles in the yellow trenches, / Raged at his breast, gulped and died” (13, 14). The author show protest by making the reading imagine that you don’t wanna lose your life or anyone else. Another writer, Wilfred Owen, also show imagery in his writing. In his poem “Dulce et Decorum Est” he describe “many lost their boots/ But limped on, blood shod” (5, 6) to reveal that the military isn’t what people think. the war basically didn’t meet their needs so they went insane. If you ask any reader they’ll say the same or something near. Imagery show what really happens during the war. However irony can protest too. …show more content…
Owen also show irony in his poem by saying “you would not tell with such high zest/ to children ardent for some desperate [measures]” (25, 26). This is basically saying that the writers that isn’t against war is lying to kids to be in the military to be in war. The writer, Kevin Powers, show a lot of irony to the readers I bet. By example in the story The Yellow Birds states “cowardice got you into this mess because you wanted to be a man” (16) to make the reader see that you don’t have join the war to show that you a man. Crane puts the positive and negative in the story to show how the war is really is instead of sugar coating it for the readers. Irony got the readers think in this point. Structure can show many protests by the