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Dulce Et Decorum Est: An Analysis

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War has many connotations, negative and positive. Although no matter how you look at it, it is a tough decision. War is a serious subject because of the fact that we are not talking about economics or politics anymore; we are specifically taking into account the lives of the people of our country. It has always been a large decision whether or not to go into war. This stirs up lots of opinions and neutralities that can be seen in our writing as well as our artwork. A reader can infer a great deal from Woodrow Wilson’s address to Congress, the two contrasting sides shown in the poem “Who’s for the Game” by Jessie Pope and the poem “Dulce Et Decorum Est” by Wilfred Owen, and the cartoon “The Recruit’s Journey” by George Cruikshanks and the painting The Boer War by George Harcourt. On April 2nd , 1917: Woodrow wilson gave a speech advising that the …show more content…

In the cartoon, George Cruickshanks illustrates a man through three stages: Raw Recruit, Ditto Dressed, and Ditto served up. He basically shows the soldier underdressed, curious, then tidy and straight, then he shows him all beaten up after war. The reader can infer from this that when the soldier came back from war, that he came back broken. This puts a negative undertone of going off to war. On the Other hand, in George Harcourt's painting, he shows a man kissing his love before he goes off to war. This Painting can give the reader a sense of pride and joy before the hardships. Both of the poems are similar because they exhibit a soldier going to war and how it can differ. In summary, the cartoon “The Recruit’s Journey” by George Cruickshanks and the painting The Boer War by George Harcourt can make the reader feel different emotionally, but in the end happy because these brave men are off to go fight our fights for

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