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What techniques does Louis de Bernièresuse to portray the effects of war so powerfully?
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What techniques does Louis de Bernières use to portray the effects of war so powerfully? In his novel, Louis de Bernières uses various techniques to portray very powerfully the effects of war. One of them is using contrasts that portray the difference between what people believe war is like and what it really is. Contrasts such as the change in Carlo's opinion about war: thinking "how wonderful is war" at the beginning and hating it at the end. Contrasts like the one used when Carlo tells Francesco's mother about his death, saying "he died on a fine day" and "he died very quickly from a bullet through the heart" when then we can read the horrible and awful truth about his painful and "slow journey into death". These contrasts are made more evident because of the incredible amount of detail given throughout the novel that makes the reader see what...
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