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The officer delivers a handwritten note, from a colonel on the front line, to a mother of a soldier telling her he has been killed. the title and first stanza give the impression that he died a heroic death but then the second and third stanzas reveal through the officer's thoughts that in fact he panicked and was killed as he tried either to run away/get himself injured in order to be sent home. however in WWI the families of men who deserted were not told the truth about how they died, as it was thought to be kinder to let them think that they had died heroes. in this poem sassoon is criticising the officer, who represents high-ranking officials in the army, who has a callous disregard for the boy's death, and creating sympathy for both jack and the mother, who represent the ordinary soldiers of the war and their families.
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Which of these word could be a synonym for hero?
Which of these words could be a synonym for hero?
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Which of these word could be a synonym for hero?
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