Sassoon's declaration against the war analysis
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- Created on: 18-03-14 21:11
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- Sassoon's 'Statement against the continuation of the War'
- I believe I may help to destroy the callous complacence
- alliteration
- last paragraph
- connotations = callous = hardened by war's continuation
- connotations = complacence = authority figures are self-satisfied with war continuing
- I entered a war of defence and liberation, now a war of aggression and conquest
- declarative sentence
- uses contrasting imagery
- bold diction
- 37 syllables = shows passion
- form
- public statement
- clear and make a point
- an open letter of protest
- intended audience = the war department
- Sassoon received a Military Cross for bringing back a wounded soldier during heavy fire
- Bertrand Russell urged the letter to be read in the House of Commons
- Sassoon expected to be court martialled for his protest
- authorities saw this possibility as out of the question, due to publicity that would follow
- Poet Robert Graves intervened, arguing that Sassoon was too ill to face punishment
- Persuaded Sassoon to "drop this anti-war business" as war would go on until one side surrendered
- Sassoon hospitalised in 1917 at Craiglockhart Hospital
- Written in 1917
- I believe I may help to destroy the callous complacence
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