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19 Cards in this Set
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Birdsong- realities of war, p/m/s consequences |
Immune from death |
Immune |
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The AP- religion |
Oh God. Do you smile to see your handiwork? |
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Use of dramatic irony for humour/ realities of war |
The Great War, 1914-1917 |
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Criticism of military authority/realities of war/ mans inhumanity to man |
General Melchett invites you to a mass slaughter |
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Realities of war all quiet |
They left as boys never to return as men |
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Patriotism in Journey End |
There's something rather romantic about it all |
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The AP- patriotism, politics, propaganda |
I could never love a man who stayed at home |
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Criticism of military authority BGF |
I'm just going to sit this one out |
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Regeneration realities |
The Great Adventure the real life equivalent of all the adventure stories they'd devoured as boys- consisted of waiting to be killed |
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Politics, regeneration |
I am making this statement as an act of wilful defiance of military authority as I believe the war is being deliberately prolonged by those who have the power to end it. |
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Horrors of war from female perspective |
I wish that those who write so glibly about this being a holy War could see mustard gas in it's early stages |
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Birdsong, realities |
He could die alone, unmourned |
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Birdsong |
Some crime against nature is about to be committed |
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Birdsong, home front |
No one in England knows what it is like. If they could see this they would not believe their eyes. This is not war, this is an exploration of how far men can be degraded |
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Using sarcasm to highlight realities of war |
What dig a hole in the garden, fill it with water and get your gamekeeper to shoot at us all day? |
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All quiet |
I am young, I am twenty years of age but I know nothing of life except despair, death, fear |
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Testament of youth position of women |
Not being a man and able to go to the front, I wanted to do the next best thing. I do not agree that my place is at home doing nothing |
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To my brother |
Your battle wounds are scars upon my heart |
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Birdsong religion reference |
His back was supported by a wooden cross |
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