EoW Analytical Paragraph :)

English
1/27/10

In the story “An Episode of War,” war is portrayed as something wonderful. War to Stephen Crane is something highly respectable and glorious. In the story there is one part that mentions a general on a black horse, gazing over the lines.

He saw a general on a black horse gazing over the lines of blue infantry at the green woods, which veiled his problems. An aide galloped furiously, dragged his horse suddenly to a halt, saluted, and presented a paper. It was, for a wonder, precisely like an historical painting.

The general was on his black horse gazing over the lines of blue infantry. Gazing means to be looking at with astonishment. He wouldn’t be gazing at anything if it weren’t anything glorious or amazing. The green woods veiled his problems shows that war is not all that dangerous. Things could come and go but nothing would happen. It also has many places that veil your problems and keep you safe and warm. When the author of this story uses the word galloped, he uses it to show how amazing, and well-respected war is. It isn’t all blood and gore, but there are nice parts of it that make it look like a wonder, or an historical painting. Describing war as a wonder says that it isn’t all bad, a wonder is something that you would enjoy to be in. This scenario describes war as in a beautiful and peaceful environment. It shows it as an historical painting. A historical painting is a painting that shows war pictures of glorious leaders in victory. A lot of paintings usually show the good in war instead of showing all of the bad in it. Stephen Crane is trying to show war as glorious by using the words that he did. He says that not all war is bad, that most of war is glorious and deserves respect.