Birdsong: Man and Stephen

vociferation Essay Sebastian Faulks shows us many horrors of World War One by using language and structure of the novel. For example this shows the imagery of the horrors of war at the hospital when Stephen got injured and what happened with the boy. Faulks starts of with Stephen Wraysford and how he is coming confirm to life however with agony. His pain is nothing compared to the man next to him, the man apparently could watch the pain also its says he could see it hovering over him this I gauge could relate to two thing either his pain or the mans spirit.Faulks describes the imagery for us how bad it is- His proboscis decomposing as he lay there, standardised those that hung on the wire overtaking from red to black forwards they crumbled into the man leaving only septic spores- this shows us the horrors of what war does to people. Also Faulks uses this unmatchable man to describe the many other men that go by dint of this in the war. Faulks uses descriptive language and we can visualise the boy when His give tongue to was pulled open and his neck were stretched and also The skin of his cheeks and forehead was marked with bluish-violet patches. His eye were oozing, as though with acute conjunctives- shows us the graphic imagery of the boys eyes. Stephen tells us in about this boy, not knowing who he is and having no sexual congress to Stephen at entirely in all this shows that Stephen has sympathy and thoughts about what these soldiers go through I think he is comparing on how lucky he is that his pain was very minor to the ones that other people suffer. Stephen describes the boys body The soft skin on the armpits and inner thighs was covered in huge, stabbing blisters. Makes the reader visualise and actually see what Stephen is visual perception.On page 187 it tells us that the boys voice came back to Stephen and He begged to die- this shows us the effect on how the damage and the pain that the boy actually must be going through. Faulks al so shows us how hard the nurses job is and how her love can make for over her job Impotently, she held both her arms wide in a gesture of motherly love, as this would comfort him. Stephen hopes that the boy would die soon, it is all so reverse he should be praying for him to live soon, but seeing and hearing the agony the boy is going through death would be more peaceful.On page 188 Faulks describes the boy the last time before he dies and we can see and imagine how his condition would be alike(p) for example-He lay motion-less, trailing his raw skin. His infected lungs began to burble and effervesce with yellow fluid Faulks shows Stephen with no emotion or sympathy for the boy no remorse Stephen prayed that the boy would die the nurse was the opposite to what he was like she was pale, shocked, then burst into shuddering tears. She has sympathy for the boy and more or less feeling of lost.The next horror incident is when they go over the glide by to attack and Faulks uses emot ional horror in the letters when they write back home. Faulks shows in Michael Wiers letter is formal like he says Dont worry about me, please. It is warm enough. -shows he is covering up realness and not showing or telling the real truth because horizontal if he does they would be able to understand it. And he says that May your prayers be with the men who will go over the top- shows respect and feelings to all the other soldiers. Stephens letter to Isabelle shows how lonely he is and what he has experienced