Creative Writing: All Quiet On The Western Front

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How does this affect me and others? (Pacing) Manipulation is never easy on any side of the story. I know that to break the chains that hold me it will break the man that I am. I can’t be expected to tell these men to die. For what?! A god that sits idle whilst they are dying?! Why? Why do we throw ourselves at the enemy’s fire unknowing of our fates or if our saviour even accepts the sins we have done. I’m a coward! Telling these men that what they’re doing is justified and worthwhile and encouraging them to die for their countries is as bad at shooting them myself. I look through the narrow damp trenches at faces. Scared faces showing the children that many still are! And I have to tell them that to fight is glorious and that god is waiting

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