Author's note: This is a response to describe an emerging motif in chapter 1.
Even though it was just a short chapter, chapter 1 revealed a number of
insightful motifs that are sure to amplify the major theme's of the novel. One
that was very clear to me was the motif of the simple things in life. Throughout
the chapter the soldiers expressed their gratitude for things such as fatty
food, separate toilets, and a double serving of rations.
This motif of all the simple things that most people take for
granted make the reader examine their own lives, and realize how much they
really have. It causes a reader to really see what the people on the front lines
are grateful for when for most of us, it's a part of our daily lives. I believe
that this motif could possibly suggest that the theme of reality that could
exist in the rest of the novel. In the theme of reality it would express that we
live in a world where reality is not what we think it is.
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