Bayonet Charge

• ‘Suddenly he awoke and was running’
• ’The patriotic tear that had brimmed in his eye, sweating like molten iron from the centre of his chest’
• ’In what cold clockwork of the stars and the nations was he the hand pointing that second?’
• ’King, honour, human dignity, etcetera dropped like luxuries’
• • Hughes brought up by people experienced war and witnessed WW2
  • Loved the countryside
  • Connection between soldiers body and mind
• • Never-ending nature of war/death
  • Ideals vs reality/power of propaganda
  • Confusion
  • Horror of war/PTSD