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Show how Winifred M. Letts in “The Deserter” and Siegfried Sassoon in “The Hero” use language to show the brutal reality of the war.

Both Winifred M. Letts and Siegfried Sassoon have strong views on the war; however they both express themselves using different language.

Winifred M. Letts chose her words carefully to put the reader on the side of the Deserter using rhetorical questions as in line 6,

“But who can judge him, you or I?”

This makes it seem like the deserter running away, was a natural response to his surroundings, and is asking if you would do or feel any different.

In line 5, she uses the phrase,

“Just that”

This gives the impression that it was a very simple decision for the Deserter to turn and run because as it says in line 2,

“Fear had dogged by night and day.”

Here she is metaphorically saying that fear had surrounded him every day and night since arriving, and he could not escape it.

Winifred M. Letts chose, in line 8, the phrase,

“Yearns to live and not die”

This creates a dramatic emphasis on how he longed and struggled to be free of the war, and go home to his family and safety.

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In line 13 the use of the phrase,

“With eyes as wild”

 Gives the interpretation that he is not thinking properly, he is frightened and on edge, ready to snap at any moment. He will not listen to anyone and is alert because of the sickness of wanting to be home and worry of him getting caught.

She repeats the phrase,

“An English bullet in his heart!”

Twice, this adds to the drama of the moment because you read it twice, it also builds up the momentum and emphases that he was not shot by one of ...

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The points in this essay are relevant; however they are made in a very simplistic way and are under developed. Links need to be made between the texts in more detail and similarities and differences identified and explored. 3 Stars