The setting of the story I read, The Dead, was 1914. I drew many similarities between the setting and what was taking place in Europe at the time. Nationalism and militarism was huge at this time. Russia was holding back a revolution, that reached a peak in 1905 and Germany and Great Britain were struggle to out produce each other in arms. Germany nationalism and French nationalism were at a peak, as France wanted to redeem itself after its poor showing in the Franco-Prussian War. Also, the author showed a division between classes and the miscommunication between them. Marxism was on the rise at this time and Lenin was already seen as a threat as he was in Switzerland in
