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Journeys End Themes - Coggle Diagram
Journeys End Themes
Friendship
- Stanhope and Raleigh - suffers because of the military life
- When Raleigh is dying he calls Stanhope 'Dennis' - shows that they are still close friends
Fear and coping with it
- all the soldiers find different ways to cope with it
- Osbourne and Raleigh acknowledge their own fear
- Stanhope tries to hide his fear by drinking
- Hibbert tries to escape war
- Osborne and Raleigh learn to accept and know they have to live under the constant threat of death
- everyone in Stanhopes infantry sees him as a brave captain
Trench Life
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- Waiting helps to create a subtle sense of anti-war
Courage & cowardice
- Stanhope relies on drinking for courage
- Hibbert shows us what the thought of death can do to the nerves - shows Hibbert is a coward
- Sherrif helps us see how the characters can gain courage
- Humor is also used to help gain courage
Leadership
- Osbourne is the real leader - men call him 'Uncle'
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- 'by far the best company command er we've got'
Social Class
- Stanhope & Raleigh went to a public school
- Raleigh is an officer straight away because of the education he had.
- The colonels actions suggests the attitude of the rich