How do various elements of the work - plot, character, point of view, setting, tone, diction, images, symbol, and so on - reinforce its meanings?
John Stuart Mill once said:
"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
War is done by trust in power; one cannot emphasize that enough. When one gives in to the wrath of the government in charge of producing such wars, it is the end for them, and the end for their families. It is the predominant virus that breaks apart humanity; it wiggles itself under the coats of governments and expands its dark forces upon innocent lives. It is the destruction but yet the mockery of old men in suits looking down at a war map deciding which young man will set out first to be the target of death. "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" (It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country) is the lie that Wilfred Owen so honorably is set out to destroy in his poem "Dulce et Decorum est." When it comes to war, the governing estates wish to get as many soldiers to show up to a war as possible; by presenting such a Service Mark as the old Latin quote, they end up convincing young men and women to join the army in order to battle against countries and die while trying to survive. By using formalist elements throughout the work, Owen is able to describe the realistic brutalities of war and destroy any reason that is presented in the old Latin quote.
John Stuart Mill once said:
"War is an ugly thing but not the ugliest of things; the decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feelings which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. A man who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a miserable creature and has no chance of being free unless made and kept so by the exertions of better men than himself."
War is done by trust in power; one cannot emphasize that enough. When one gives in to the wrath of the government in charge of producing such wars, it is the end for them, and the end for their families. It is the predominant virus that breaks apart humanity; it wiggles itself under the coats of governments and expands its dark forces upon innocent lives. It is the destruction but yet the mockery of old men in suits looking down at a war map deciding which young man will set out first to be the target of death. "Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" (It is sweet and fitting to die for one's country) is the lie that Wilfred Owen so honorably is set out to destroy in his poem "Dulce et Decorum est." When it comes to war, the governing estates wish to get as many soldiers to show up to a war as possible; by presenting such a Service Mark as the old Latin quote, they end up convincing young men and women to join the army in order to battle against countries and die while trying to survive. By using formalist elements throughout the work, Owen is able to describe the realistic brutalities of war and destroy any reason that is presented in the old Latin quote.
