Read the excerpt from anthem. perhaps they cried out in protest and in warning. but men paid no heed to their warning. and they,
these few, fought a hopeless battle, and they perished with their banners smeared by their own blood. and they chose to perish, for they knew. to them, i send my salute across the centuries, and my pity. the imagery of "a hopeless battle" helps to develop the theme that group thinking limits man's potential because it
<span>shows that the men fighting in the battle did not listen to the warnings before going in. They knew what would happen to them if they decided to fight but it made no difference to them because they felt they were fighting for a just cause and live or die they wanted to go out in glory.</span>
