themes and concepts

Themes: an idea that recurs in or pervades a work

Courage during the war they needed courage and had courage like during the charges

Manhood henry reached his man hood during the war

Self-preservation the youth ran to save their lives during the fighting

Disregard for Human Life they killed others they were fighting against

Motifs: distinctive feature or dominant idea

Noise and Silence at one point during the war there was a time that it was really quiet and peaceful and then suddenly the shooting appeared again

Light and Dark during the night it was dark and during the day it was light

Clean and Dirty some soldiers mind and mouths were dirty and others like henry's was clean

Youth and Maturity henry started out during the war as a youth and came out of the war as a man

Symbols: objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas

The Dead Soldier was dead bloody and looked as if he was shocked or stunned by something

The Flag symbloized the soldiers country and there patrism and wanted to burn or destroy the enemies flag