War is kind

Stephen Crane

• Born on November 1,1871  
• Crane began writing at the age of 4
• Crane had several articles by the age of 16
• Crane wrote "The Open Boat" describing his shipwreck ordeal
• Crane died at age 28 of tuberculosus

Reptition

• Crane repeats "Do not weep"  
• By repeating this he makes a point you should cry 
• Crane repeats "War is kind"
• This emphasizes that Crane thinks war is in fact NOT kind
• "These men were born to drill and die"(Line 8)

Imagery

• Images of a father dying in battle but he is dying with honor.
• "Because your father tumbles in the yellow trenches" (Lines 13).
• They know their whole life for is war an they may not make it out.
• "Point for them the virtue of slaughter."(Line 20).

Repition

• Emphaseizes the fact that these men know what ahead.
• They were trained to push hard until that last breath.

Irony

• "Do not weep,maiden,for War is Kind "(Line 1)
• Crane says to this to emphasize that was is not kind.
• Emphasizes the fact that most people do cry.

Tone

• Tone of death.
• He talks of all the corpses that lied died
• He talks of the father died in rage of battle
• "These men were born to drill and die" 
• (Line 19 Stephen Crane War is Kind) 

Speaker

• The speaker could be a Grandfather.
• He is telling the story of times past and present
• His mother.
• Her father.
• His fair maiden. 

theme

• Theme of warfare
• "Hoarse booming drums" (line 6 War is Kind Crane)
• We imagine booms and guns going off.
• "A field where a thousand corpses lie"(line 11 War is kind Crane)
• The horror of many dead bodies around you.

Questions, Comments, and connections

• Why does Crane use Irony?
• We still have war today.