This Way to the Gas..

The short story, “This Way To The Gas, Ladies And Gentlemen” by Tadeusz Borowski and the poem “On My First Son” by Ben Johnson, both deal with death. They are very different types of death and are told in different ways but through some similar approaches, a similar feeling is portrayed to the reader of each. One of the first similarities of the two is that they are both told in the first person as …

…the reader and show Johnson’s calmness at the time. Both the Borowski piece and the Johnson piece show a true aspect of death. The two authors use mood, voice, and detail to express their feelings on the death they deal with their respective texts. They are very affective in causing the reader to feel the different emotions they feel, and in turn give the reader a horrifying and touching look at death. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**