Journeys end

Sheriff uses Raleigh, as a innocent teenager who volunteered to join the war, because he feels he needs to take a bigger responsibility, and follow the footsteps of Stanhope. To the Audience Raleigh is no more than a kind obeying solider to Stanhope and does whatever Stanhope wishes, he is loyal to Stanhope and has decent manners, this shows the audience that Raleigh’s upbringing was a positive success. Sheriff presents Raleigh this way is because sheriff wants to make the audience realise that Raleigh is a nice kind young lad and has a lot of potential within the plot. Raleigh is the key to this Sequel, he is like a squire sending messages to home and telling how the war has been etc, but the main plot is that Stanhope doesn’t want Raleigh to find out about his drinking and smoking, which really shows the audience is that war can change a persons habits and turn them into someone different within a decade, but sheriff creates a love affection within Raleigh and conceals this dark secret about Stanhope’s drinking and does not let this information reach home, in fact he writes the opposite and saying all is well in the trench and Stanhope hasn’t changed a bit, this shows the audience, some secrets are meant to be kept a secret and understanding Stanhope’s situation is more wise instead of sending it off home and worrying others about his foul habits.