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This 4 page paper discusses the effects of war as philosphized by two modern authors: Sebastian Faulks(Birdsong) and Pat Barker (Regeneration). Quotes cited from text. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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quite simply, means that people die. And, for every individual who dies, twenty more are impacted by the loss that death represents. This fact is recognized and acknowledged by two
novels: Birdsong, by Sebastian Faulks, and Regeneration, by Pat Barker. Stephen Wraysford, the protagonist of Faulks Birdsong, survives World War I, but is changed forever by his experiences in the
trenches and by his experiences with a woman named Isabelle. Some of the first lines give inclination as to what the reader, and Stephen, will experience as the story unfolds.
Stephen has come to the Azaire house in France to learn the textile business. "The gardens had a wild, overgrown look and their deep lawns and bursting hedges could
conceal small clearings, quiet pools, and areas unvisited even by the inhabitants, where patches of grass and wild flowers lay beneath the branches of overhanging trees"(Faulks 2).
From this passage one can see that facades which are presented are secondary to those small clearings and quiet pools which both Isabelle and
Stephen will have cause to experience. Additionally, areas unvisited and the idea that hidden beauty below the heavy branches of the trees is to be found, hint at more than
mere surface appearances. All this opulent beauty will be hidden with the outbreak of World War I. Having already been involved in
an obsessive love affair with Mrs. Azaire, Stephen finds himself a few years later, bitterly fighting for his life in the trenches at Picardy, not too far from Isabelles home.
He watches many of his comrades die next to him and one wonders if he can mange to remain sane. Yet, he does. Over fifty years later, Stephens granddaughter will
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