Birdsong Introduction

Birdsong Introduction

He wanted to show the full appreciation of the soldier’s physical experience, and a philosophical understanding of what it meant to be part of the first genocide event of the century. (PVII)

Questioned what did those 4 years tell us about our species? (PVII)

He believed that most shows a struggle between literary reliance of the period and the awful subject matter. (PVIII)

He believed that the literature of WW2 had a more heroic tone, focused on flying and…