Context & Writer's Techniques (AQA A-Level English Literature A): Flashcards

1929

Burned copies of the book

Generation destroyed by war, even if physically survived

First-person present-tense

Sparse, understated, short sentences, straightforward vocabulary

Dehumanisation and disposability of soldiers

Life (shelter) and death (burial)

Force readers to confront warfare's physical & psychological horror

Comradeship

Shows individual deaths mean nothing in war's machinery