Speaker: The speaker is the famous

writer, Ernest Hemingway, who is

an American man that has great
influence in literature. He seems to
be a patriotic citizen as well since
he is in Madrid during the war where
American troops were fighting.

Occasion: The occasion is the war

going on in Spain, to be specific,
the Guadalajara front. The year is
1937 when Hemingway is
dispatched to Spain. However, in
Hemingways account, he focuses
on the occasion of the actual front
where bombshells are nearby and
death is not something that is
taboo. He also meets a severely
wounded man that he shares a
connection with.

Audience: The audience could be those

who are interested in the happenings of
the war. This could be veterans or military
men themselves.

A New Kind of War

Subject: The subject is blatantly

shown as war, but in a deeper
message, it is about the
characteristics of war and how it
affects others and ones
perception.

Purpose: The purpose of the text

may be to illustrate the mood and
character of the war, of how it is a
strange new kind of war where you
learn just as much as you are to
believe. This means that there are
multiple facets to this fight and it is up
to the reader to decide what the
believe.