Ww1 Letters Home Analysis

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December 22, 1917 Dear Jim, It was so nice to receive your last letter, it is the only piece of home I carry with me. Amongst this horrible nightmare, I sit and try to remember the last time I celebrated Christmas with you and the family. What I would give not to be stuck here in these lonely, cold, and daunting trenches. I’m so overtaken by this horrible war; I feel as though I have lost all distinctiveness, I am a soldier. Nothing more, nothing less. The only thing I am thankful for are the generous Canadians back home who have provided us with food rations. It is heartwarming that Canadians back home are sacrificing some of their own food supply to feed us troops overseas. But don’t get me wrong brother; the meals we get are soggy and tasteless. You’re lucky that you get to eat Momma’s delicious home-cooking everyday. I miss home very much. It is fascinating to hear about your news that the government is encouraging women to defy the traditional gender roles and be a part of the “Women’s Land Army”. I believe this’ll show society what they can do while we’re over here fighting for Britain. Furthermore, I was not surprised to hear about the internment camps, those so-called enemy aliens deserve the punishments if not more for what their home country of Germany has put us through. I’ve lost friends to those…show more content…
We resent our leaders, the officers and generals. It is us who have to sleep in these wet, muddy trenches in completely drenched and filthy uniforms, but them who get the special treatment. They live in conditions of luxury and comfort compared to us. They are clean, well fed, and are far behind the front lines. They have no compassion for us, and they show no empathy, as they don’t have the same horrible lifestyle as we do. We consider them our enemy more so than the Germans themselves. Would you really want to be under the command of people like
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