42 pages • 1 hour read
Charles Yale HarrisonGenerals Die In Bed
Fiction | Novel | Adult | Published in 1930A modern alternative to SparkNotes and CliffsNotes, SuperSummary offers high-quality Study Guides with detailed chapter summaries and analysis of major themes, characters, and more.
Essay Topics
How do the narrator’s experiences of war shape his ideas about combat? How does the specialized military vocabulary affect the reading of the text?
How are the soldiers’ relations with women and other civilians depicted in the novel? What are some of the significant contrasts between civilian life and military life in the text?
The novel examines the strict, hierarchical nature of the military. How does the narrator conceive of the differences between common soldiers like himself and his commanding officers? What does the novel suggest about the nature of the military?
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