Base Details (Junior Cert English): Flashcards
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Author of 'Base Details'
Author of 'Base Details'
Siegfried Sassoon
'Base Details' criticizes
'Base Details' criticizes
Uncaring, comfortable attitudes of WWI officers
Sassoon's life years
Sassoon's life years
1886-1967
Sassoon's poetry style combines
Sassoon's poetry style combines
Realism with satire
Setting contrast in 'Base Details'
Setting contrast in 'Base Details'
Comfortable hotels (officers) vs. deadly front lines (soldiers)
Major described as in poem
Major described as in poem
Fierce, bald, and short of breath
Officers' activity: 'Guzzling and gulping...'
Officers' activity: 'Guzzling and gulping...'
In the best hotel
Central themes of 'Base Details'
Central themes of 'Base Details'
Hypocrisy and detachment of those in power
'Reading the roll of honour' shows
'Reading the roll of honour' shows
Superficial acknowledgement of dead soldiers
Phrase for tragic loss of young lives
Phrase for tragic loss of young lives
Youth stone dead
Technique showing officer vs. soldier contrast
Technique showing officer vs. soldier contrast
Juxtaposition
War context of 'Base Details'
War context of 'Base Details'
World War I