In time, different forms of protest have been used many different people. Writers write to protest with words. Writers use imagery, irony, and/or structure to protest war. Writers use imagery to protest war. In O’brien’s short story The Things they Carried he said, “each man carried a green plastic poncho”(O’Brien). This quote means that each soldier had one, so they did not die quickly. There was a field where “ a thousand corpses lie”(O’Brien). The author uses this quote to show you how many people died and how harsh it was. In Crane short story War is kind he says, “Raged at his breast, gulped and died”(Crane). There was soldier who was lying there dying. Writers use irony to protest war. In Crane’s store he says, “war is kind” (Crane).