RPMI
10-09-2007, 11:42 AM
Comparing the extracts from Regeneration and The Wasteland consider how typical in both style and treatment of the subject matter these writings are of literature from or about the First World War...
The extracts are:
Regeneration - The part where Sarah is sat in the cafe and Prior has just failed to turn up for their date. Lizzie then proceeds to talk about how she doesn't want her husband to come back from the war. The extract finished with Willard lying on his bed and were given a brief description of his wounds and how he think he has a spinal injury
The Wasteland - This is from the part where Lil's husband has been demobbed (discharged) and he's coming home. The woman is supposed to have got new teeth and should smarten up a bit, however, she hasn't due to having too many children. This extract ends at Good night, ladies, goodnight, Sweet ladies, goodnight, good night.
Does anyone have any ideas towards this? I've been thinking for ages and come up with very little... :crash:
So far ive come up with the ideas that:
Both women seem to dislike the idea that their husbands are coming home - both dislike the men’s behaviour whilst their back home. Typical because women in general liked the fact that men were away as they received more rights and actually got to live their lives more.
Both identify the impact men have upon the physical features on women, similar to how they are at war due to the physical impacts they have on other things as well.
The extracts are:
Regeneration - The part where Sarah is sat in the cafe and Prior has just failed to turn up for their date. Lizzie then proceeds to talk about how she doesn't want her husband to come back from the war. The extract finished with Willard lying on his bed and were given a brief description of his wounds and how he think he has a spinal injury
The Wasteland - This is from the part where Lil's husband has been demobbed (discharged) and he's coming home. The woman is supposed to have got new teeth and should smarten up a bit, however, she hasn't due to having too many children. This extract ends at Good night, ladies, goodnight, Sweet ladies, goodnight, good night.
Does anyone have any ideas towards this? I've been thinking for ages and come up with very little... :crash:
So far ive come up with the ideas that:
Both women seem to dislike the idea that their husbands are coming home - both dislike the men’s behaviour whilst their back home. Typical because women in general liked the fact that men were away as they received more rights and actually got to live their lives more.
Both identify the impact men have upon the physical features on women, similar to how they are at war due to the physical impacts they have on other things as well.