Analyze the view of war in the poem with the view of war in Faulkner story

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View of war in "The Death of a Soldier" with the view of war in "Two Soldiers."
The beginning and progress of the subject in Wallace Steven`s poem "The Death of a Soldier" cannot be anticipated as compared to Faulkner`s story "Two soldiers". In the poem, the war context does not employ use of metaphors and most lines are direct (Ramazani 29). This, therefore, ensures a depiction of the main borne of contention in the poem since the main subjects of the poem are on death and war. Faulkner`s story on the other hand describes war in depth, as depicted in the narrator and his brother when they use Killegrew's radio to follow news on war. The narrator depicts the view of war to the reader from his own point of view as compared to the poem where the author`s perspective of war is directly linked to the reader of the poem as alluded to by Kermode (9).
When compared to the poem, Faulkner`s story clearly states out that the narrator`s elder brother, Pete, is joins the war out of his own free will and the urge to fight for his country but in the poem people are randomly picked to represent the country in a war. However, the case of war as depicted in the poem shows how a painter is picked to fight as a soldier in the war.
The poem`s author is inspired by war and death of many soldiers who die in battlefields, the chances of a soldier`s survival at the war and the readers` deep message from the poem is appreciating those who fight in a war for a country (Ramazani 24). Faulkner`s story on the other hand is inspired by the Japanese invasion to the pearl beach and how those who listened to news about the war ye...