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Analysing ‘Observe the sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme’ and ‘How many miles to Babylon?’
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Analysing 'Observe the sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme' and 'How many miles to Babylon?' 'For God and Ulster'. This is what the eight men in 'Observe the sons of Ulster marching towards the Somme', a play by Frank McGuinness want to fight for when they enlist to join the Great War. Jennifer Johnston is the author of the novel 'How many miles to Babylon?' It tells the story of the unlikely friendship of an Anglo Irish upper class boy and a catholic peasant and the episodes of war. Although both pieces of First World War literature are similar in some ways, they differ in others. Both pieces are set in the genre of social realism. They depict real images and experiences of War. Both the play and the novel use a framing technique. They begin in the 'present day', retreat to the past and conclude in the 'present...
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