Even when he came back she thought she would be relieved, but it only brought a new onslaught of stress for her. She had practically lost her son even though he was back with her in physical appearance he was not mentally. Winspear shows how almost every character that is major and minor suffers from the war to put an emphasis on the lasting effects of the war even after it is over. Even when people come back after it is over are only more distraught over the information they receive when they get home. Such as James who finds out about the girl he loved before the war was killed in a factory while making grenade switches for the military. This information further pushed him along his path of depression and was a part of the mental scarring he received indirectly from the war. It also goes to show even the people not involved in the conflict itself were still injured or even killed. It goes to show the terrors of war escapes no one even the people who are not directly involved in
Even when he came back she thought she would be relieved, but it only brought a new onslaught of stress for her. She had practically lost her son even though he was back with her in physical appearance he was not mentally. Winspear shows how almost every character that is major and minor suffers from the war to put an emphasis on the lasting effects of the war even after it is over. Even when people come back after it is over are only more distraught over the information they receive when they get home. Such as James who finds out about the girl he loved before the war was killed in a factory while making grenade switches for the military. This information further pushed him along his path of depression and was a part of the mental scarring he received indirectly from the war. It also goes to show even the people not involved in the conflict itself were still injured or even killed. It goes to show the terrors of war escapes no one even the people who are not directly involved in