Death and the Child (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen Crane
- First Published: 1898
- Type of Plot: Symbolist
- Time of Work: The Greco-Turkish wars
- Setting: Greece
- Principal Characters: Peza, The lieutenant, The child
- Genres: Short fiction, War fiction
- Subjects: Self-discovery, Suffering, Journalism or journalists, Death or dying, Soldiers, Greco-Turkish wars
- Locales: Greece
The Story
A university-educated correspondent named Peza arrives on the scene of a mass exodus of peasants who flee an approaching battle between Greek patriots and Turkish invaders. Although assigned to cover the event for an Italian paper, Peza identifies with the Greek people because his father was a Greek. Moved by the sights of war, he wishes to become immediately involved in fighting rather than in merely observing. His adventure, however, carries him through a moral process that changes his feelings about the war and himself.
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