Twain's War Prayer Voice Analysis

Twain’s morbid narrative calls to action of the silent outcome of wishing for death when praying for war. Twain’s cynical argument, weaves the ironic idea of praying for peace and doing it in the most obscure way possible by killing. In the morose argument, Twain’s usage of rhetorical questioning is a major impact because it allows the readers to think in a new prospective rather than allows looking on the bright side: Everything has a ying yang, in this case a good and evil, which illuminates his diverse way of thinking. A didactic Twain uses contrast between an optimistic and pessimistic side of war through the two preachers: One preaching fervid spiritual speech on the courage of the young soldiers and asking for the aid of the god of battles to help them win; on the other hand, one comes as a heavenly messenger bringing an omen of the war and the consequences of that would approach them. Twain’s dark imagery, as can be shown through his ghastly description of the war told by the aged stranger, connotes a sudden rash of fear and disgusted to the readers that creates as huge impact on how ironic it can be that asking for war to end peace is like asking for your virginity back after the lost. Twain’s horrid narrative doesn’t get his grave voice across then his emotionally charged and educated diction would take the readers hopes and crushed them to little worthless pieces as if it was glass that fell to the floor and no one was there to pick up the pieces. “Ye have prayed it; if ye a still desire it, speak! The messenger of the Most High waits!” such rage stresses the idea that a harsh Mark Twain implies that if you have been warned and if you still think its humane speak up because, where this war is going its going on the path to mass destruction and the gates of hell opposed to the gates of heaven. However, did you ever think that they would take the aged stranger seriously