Letter from the trenches Dear Mom and Dad ‚ I am a soldier in the war. I’m sorry for not telling you that I was joining the army but didn’t want to get your hopes up if something happened to me. Life as a soldier was difficult because you had small rations and a lot of people died from scared food and products that were already spoiled. I remember my Sargent telling me to be careful out there in the trenches because enemy forces could rush you at any time and kill you from behind. I will never
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Life in the trenches‚ during World War I‚ was a horrible experience for the soldiers of that time. Many soldiers were faced with death during these times. The sources of their deaths were either enemy attacks or their contraction of harmful diseases. Another major obstacle‚ in the trenches‚ was of the infestation of rats. Rats‚ either black or brown‚ were feared and were nuisances to the soldiers. Brown rats‚ especially‚ were detested due to their tendencies to feed on human remains‚ including the
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My dear Lucy‚ I know that I am not supposed to be writing to you right now but I just couldn’t help it; I need to express myself to you on everything that has been going on here in the trenches. The trenches are so cold at the moment; I wish it would stay this way though. It’s perfect right now‚ beautiful snowfall and this I am happy for‚ brings us back the old memories of me and you. Unfortunately it will not be like this forever‚ it will be summer in a while and that is going to be bad. I remember
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The same reading‚ “Echoes and Voices‚” also explains that‚ “Ahead of us‚ wave after wave of British troops were crawling out of their trenches and coming towards us at a walk.” This shows how all these soldiers had just given up and accepted their fate‚ because of all the people that they saw die. This idea is demonstrated in the quote because if these soldiers had not given up‚ they would
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present‚ with heavy war machinery and severe casualties. The picture in the Stearns text book on page 808 displays a group of soldiers during World War I in the trenches‚ their homes and in most cases-their death beds during combat. In this picture it is clear to see that life in the trenches was dismal and uncomfortable. Trenches were basically dug out pieces of land that soldiers fought from and sought refuge in upon returning attacks. They were not fun places to live and consisted of numbers
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Courtney Zamarione Mr. Neuber Pre-Ap English II 1st hour February 8‚ 2013 In life‚ everyone has a time where they question their chance of survival or their mortality. In Break of Day in the Trenches‚ by Isaac Rosenberg‚ he makes a reference that a rat has a better chance of surviving that he does. That even someone more worthless than him is going to survive this terrible thing called war. In this narrative poem‚ he is at war fighting in France during World War I‚ questioning his chance of
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in the Trenches is rough and horrible. We get woken up in the middle of the night due to fire falling on us. I then have to take cover and crouch in a corner. “ Each man lays hold of his things and looks again every minute to reassure himself that they are still there.” (Source 1) The troops and I have to hold are things and every minute we need to look see if they are still there. In the trenches there is rats. “ The rats have become much more numerous lately because the trenches are no
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The Trenches – WW1 I’m encapsulated in the unending nightmare of fear. The rain continues to bore on infinitely‚ pounding on the grubby ground and turning it into vast lakes of murky water. The miserable‚ grey clouds covered the sky‚ only letting a few rays of sun slip through. The monotonous sound of raindrops beating on the helmets of the soldiers thundered down like bullets. Everything was miserable‚ grey‚ and lacklustre. The thick layer of mud squelched beneath my feet as I struggled to walk
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that turned into a lie. It’s disgusting. There’s not much to eat around here‚ so I eat lice and the rats that I can find. I haven’t taken a shower in over two weeks. I wish I was home right now wrapped up in that warm blanket you made me. These trenches they have us in are so small. It seems like everything around me is crammed up. Maybe it’s just me. You know how claustrophobic I get sometimes. It’s horrible here. Every day‚ every hour‚ one of the friends I had made here at this war is gone. Their
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A letter from the trenches Grade 9 Humanities - Assessment Task AOI: Health and Social Education Imagine you are a soldier fighting in the First World War in 1915… Your character could be in the trenches on the Western Front as: British‚ French or German soldier a native conscript from one of the colonies in Africa or Asia a volunteer from a commonwealth ally like Canada or South Africa Alternatively‚ your character could be: a German or Russian soldier on the Eastern Front a Turkish
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