The two themes that are conveyed in this passage are <u>the color of summer and memories of war and the glory of nature and of a young hero's death.</u>
- "As far as we could see, the miles of copper-red grass were drenched in sunlight that was stronger and fiercer than at any other time of the day. The blond cornfields were red gold, the haystacks turned rosy and threw long shadows." Remembering the color of summer & memories of war
- "That hour always had the exultation of victory, of triumphant ending, like a hero's death—heroes who diedyoung and gloriously. the glory of nature and of a young hero's death.
