The Old Lie

Although not a picture I took myself, when reading Dulce et Decorum by Wilfred Owen, I thought of all the war propaganda posters Mrs. Sutherland showed up and talked about during Social Studies 11.  This poster seemed very fitting when I was looking through pictures of old propaganda posters, as, one, this man depicted died in the war, sacrificed himself for others, actually knew the meaning of sacrifice, while others sit at home and just talk of sacrifice!  This reminded me of "My friend, you would not tell with such high zest to children ardent for some desperate glory, the old lie: Dulce et decorum est pro patria mori" from the lyric Dulce et Decorum Est in which it is saying that if you had ever actually experienced way, you would never tell children the old lie that it is honorable to go to war and encourage them to go to war.  This is just like this propoganda poster where the man actually knew the meaning of sacrifice and what goes on at war, whereas others just sit at home talking about sacrifice, thinking they know what sacrifice means and everything about the war, when really they don't as they have never been there to actually experience war and sacrifice firsthand.