World War I, the war that was originally expected to be “over by Christmas,” dragged on for four years with a grim brutality brought on by the dawn of trench warfare and advanced weapons, including chemical weapons. The horrors of that conflict altered the world for decades – and writers reflected that shifted outlook in their work. As Virginia Woolf would later write, “Then suddenly, like a chasm in a smooth road, the war came.”
Early works were romantic sonnets of war and death.
Among the first to document the “chasm” of the war were soldiers themselves. At first, idealism persisted as leaders glorified young soldiers marching off for the good of the country.
English poet Rupert Brooke, after enlisting in Britain’s Royal Navy, wrote a series of patriotic sonnets, including “The Soldier,” which read:
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there’s some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.
Brooke, after being deployed in the Allied invasion of Gallipoli, would die of blood poisoning in 1915.
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Nick says of Gatsby "He had an extraordinary gift for hope"
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Sorry I don't remember the exact page. I read the book like 5 years ago
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The author creates suspense by building up to the scene. By including details about Mattie's movements and breathing it ups the levels of suspense. The author also drew the scene out super long, simply to add a huge level of pure suspense.
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I just read this book! Hope you like it!
An example of a typo would be spelling a word incorrectly. Let's say I were to spell whgat. The correct spelling would be What.
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4. or 2.
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My teacher explanied it to us like this! :D
