Analysis Of The Poem Do You Want Live Forever

Ahmed 1 Komal Ahmed Professor Voorhies History 1302-83016 January 25 2015 (Read-Write #1 – Meirion and Susie Harries â€Å"Do You Want To Live Forever†) â€Å"Now it was to kill, or to be killed,† (Meirion Susie, 1917) said by one of the marine surviving soldier. The World war one had created such a loss to many people thanks to Woodrow Wilson and Ludendorff. The World war one lasted through 1914 till 1918 and the total cost of being thirty billion dollars. (Random History, n.d.) During the years of the war it was such a struggle for the Germans, French and the Americans because of the loss to its many people and the struggles the marines had to go through for their countries peace. In this read and write I will reflect on the author’s argument and how will they support them through out the chapter of â€Å"Do you want to live forever†, in the book of The Last Days Of Innocence. Meirion and Susie Harries were the authors of The Last Days Of Innocence. 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