Reference no: EM133929965

Assignment:

"The Wars"

In this excerpt, Robert Ross, a 19-year-old Canadian officer during WWI, "faces the horrors of war and makes desperate decisions to protect the soldiers whose lives he holds in his hands."

In your school life, you have often discussed war and how soldiers might feel. Now answer the "Start Up" question from the story handout and share your answer with a group: How would a soldier under attack feel if the soldier was also responsible for a battalion of his or her colleagues?

During Reading

Pause throughout and discuss...

Why was the German officer described in this way?

Why hasn't the German officer shot at Robert?

After Reading

1. What is pathos? How is pathos created by the ending? Why does the reader empathize with Robert?

2. Why does the bird signal the German relenting? Why will the sound of it haunt Robert until the day he dies?