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Compare and contrast the techniques employed in portraying the horror of war in Regeneration and Journey's End.
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Compare and contrast the techniques employed in portraying the horror of war in Regeneration and Journey's End. "I chose the First World War because it's come to stand in for other wars... It's come to stand for the pain of all wars." Pat Barker wrote "Regeneration" in the 1990's and R.C. Sherriff "Journey's End" in 1927, the quote is from Barker and illustrates the magnitude of the effect of the First World War, and expresses the appeal of the subject. Both works use different techniques in their portrayal of horror, and their effectiveness will be examined in turn. The authors chose different formats with one being a novel the other a play, thus giving them contrasting ways of conveying soldiers' experiences of war. In "Regeneration", Barker begins by exploring the character of Sassoon and through opening her novel with the declaration immediately demonstrates the adverse affect that war can...
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