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A Comparison of the imagery and symbolism in Birdsong and Fair Stood the Wind for France
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... A Comparison of the imagery and symbolism in Birdsong and Fair Stood the Wind for France Both Fair Stood the Wind for France by H.E. Bates, and Birdsong by Sebastian Faulks are novels concerned with and set during the time of World War. Because of this, both authors use symbols and imagery endlessly to both deliberately enhance their plot, and to subjectively give different meanings and ambiguity to details. The stories are both loosely categorised as love stories, and this theme is used as the backdrop to which the writers build their imagery and symbolism upon. Of course, with both being set amongst World War, symbols can be seen in many things, including, most obviously, war items such as ammunition, the Somme, and emotions; yet I believe there are many specific to the two novels which show a deeper comparison of the two works and general similarities in war literature as a














