Mark Twains The War Prayer differs from most of his popular writing (Huck Finn or Tom Sawyer, for example). What sort of statement do you...

In "The
War Prayer," Twain is criticizing war. He served briefly in the Confederate army, so he
knew about the horrors of war. In this work, he contrasts the martial celebrations of those
getting ready for war. He paints war as a grand adventure. He also describes the prayer given
before the soldiers go to war as being very patriotic.

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is when a messenger from God comes before the congregation and states that there was an unspoken
prayer to go with the minister's prayer for victory. The unspoken prayer is when the
congregation either knowingly or unknowingly prays for the death, dismemberment, and misery of
the enemy. The messenger is not heeded as he is branded a "lunatic" who knew
nothing.

This work is different from the other works of Mark Twain, such as
Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn. First, it's rather
short and to the point. There is little development of character or plotone does not know the
reason for the war or the result of the inevitable conflict. Also, one gets a sense of Twain's
anger at the human costs of war.

This work, written in 1904, reflects Twain's
political attitudes towards recent conflicts and world events. He was one of the most ardent
critics of the Spanish-American War because to him, it represented needless killing and
subjugation. While much of Twain's work is light-hearted, this work is quite serious and
contains a strong antiwar message from the author.

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