The Characters Of Pity In Wilfred Owen And Guy De Maupassant

Despite Wilfred Owen and Guy de Maupassant writing two different types of text, pity is inevitable for their characters for which they must be able create. Owen creates pity for the soldier by explaining how he has been forced into a wheelchair. This is shown in the text when Owen writes â€Å"He sat in a wheeled chair, waiting for dark†. This implies that the Soldier does not want to be in the wheelchair because it is too early for the soldier to die. Owen creates pity by using pathetic fallacy. The soldier who is â€Å"waiting for dark† is ultimately a euphemism for death, showing that hed rather die than be in the care home which he is currently in. Furthermore, Owen suggests the Soldier does not want to be in the care home again when he†¦show more content†¦This demonstrates that the Soldier is now unable to look after himself, and must be looked after by others, which furthermore shows how the Soldier does not get to live out his childhood and learn how to do things for himself. Owen creates pity for the Soldier using a caesura again when he writes â€Å"Smiling they wrote his lie; aged nineteen years.† The caesura used here generates the same feelings of sadness for the Soldier as the first example, because on both occasions the Soldier has had something done to him, and he has not done it for himself. Owen creates pity for the Soldier using the caesura because the reader knows the Soldier is t old enough to fight, but yet the British Army signed him up anyway. Maupassant creates pity for Madame Loisel by using a tricolon to demonstrate how little she has for herself. Madame Loisel has â€Å"no fine dresses, no jewellery, nothing.† giving the impression that she is not wealthy, but merely getting by. This is highlighted when Maupassant states at the beginning of the text that Madame Loisel is â€Å"unable to afford anything better,† showing an indication of poverty. This creates pity for Madame Loisel because everyone in life enjoys the finer things, even if it may just be one item, it provides the sense of luxury, which however Madame Loisel does not have. The use of the tricolour enhances the pity created in by Maupassant as it