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Discuss the initial meeting between Rivers and Sassoon on pages 10-15 The relationship between Rivers and Sassoon is one that greatly develops through this novel and this development begins in this extract. At first Sassoon is just another client to Rivers. He has been told to convince Sassoon to retract his statement and return to the war and this is what Rivers intends to do. He treats Sassoon as he does any other patient, the first thing he does is analyse. On meeting Sassoon, the first thing he notes is his, "Pale skin, [and the] purple shadows under [his] eyes" and how, "Apart from that, [there is] no other sign of nervous disorder" Evidence that Rivers is only interested in Sassoon as a client. During their meeting, Rivers jokes, "One of the nice things about serving afternoon tea is that it made so many neurological tests redundant." Which reveals his character as a very judgmental man but...

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