Which two common themes of war literature are reflected in this excerpt? If in some smothering dreams you too could pace Behind the wagon that we flung him in, And watch the white eyes writhing in his face, His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin; If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs, Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,— My friend, you would not tell with such high zest To children ardent for some desperate glory, The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori. (Wilfred Owen, "Dulce Et Decorum Est") -bitterness at the massive loss of life caused by war -anger at the ignorance of civilians and leaders at home -the innocence and ignorance of enlisted soldiers -anger at the government for lying to enlisted youth -the pain of those left at home waiting for the soldiers

bitterness at the massive loss of life caused by war

anger at the ignorance of civilians and leaders at home

Explanation:

The two common themes of war literature portrayed in this excerpt shows the bitterness at the massive loss of life caused by the war and the ignorance of leaders and civilians back at home.

The bitterness towards the massive loss of life is shown as the writer describes the situation of the average soldier in the battle front whose eyes writhe in pain, whose face is like the devil's and the massive loss of blood from his lungs.

The anger at the ignorance of people at home is shown by the writer admonishing those that speak gloriously about war and lie to children telling them that it is honorable to die for their country, without knowing the true horrors that they would face.

The words "Dulce et decorum est Pro patria mori" means It is sweet and honorable to die for your country.

she feels sorrowful and regretful. helen felt delight after breaking the doll.  

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1. read the following excerpt from franklin d. roosevelt's "fireside chat 19":

on the other side of the picture, we must learn also to know that guerilla warfare against the germans in, let us say serbia or norway, us; that a successful russian offensive against the germans us; and that british successes on land or sea in any part of the world strengthen our hands.

remember always that germany and italy, regardless of any formal declaration of war, consider themselves at war with the united states at this moment just as much as they consider themselves at war with britain or russia. and germany puts all the other republics of the americas into the same category of enemies. the people of our sister republics of this hemisphere can be honored by that fact.  

the true goal we seek is far above and beyond the ugly field of battle. when we resort to force, as now we must, we are determined that this force shall be directed toward ultimate good as well as against immediate evil. we americans are not destroyers — we are builders.

analyze the effectiveness of this excerpt. how does it function within the speech as a whole? how does the structure of the excerpt to convey the speech's purpose and key points? support your argument with evidence from the speech. (10 points)