Disabled In Wilfred Owen's Out, Out

In Disabled, Wilfred Owen tells a story about a young soldier. During war the soldier lost his leg and was miserable. The women mistreated him, after everything he was promised. It turned out to be a misrepresentation. He was disabled both physically and mentally as he was rejected, isolated and abandoned. Throughout the piece Owen shows how the young soldier was slowly harmed by the environment around him this contrasts with the story of “Out, Out –” how a young boy working and doing his everyday chores accidently cut his hand of, later on the boy dies due to his tragic mistake that then caused him his life. This also contrasts with disabled in the point that one small decision has the ability to influence a person's entire life. Both

They grow before their time; this shows how their life has been cut short. In “Out, Out –” Frost depicts the sense of old before time by making a young boy do hard work, “big boy doing a man's” this portrays how this is something not suited for him. The author seems to portray that he was still a child and didn’t know what he was getting into. This phrase shows how the boy wanted to be old before his time, this lead to many traumatic events such as: death and loss of youth as a result of doing something which is not his age. Similarly, Owen in ‘Disabled’ portrays the sense of growing before his time, “now, he is old; his back will never brace”. The short sentence of, “now, he is old” shows how he is old emotionally not physically his war injury has confined him to be that way rather that being young and experiencing the world as a whole, “old” is symbolic writing conveying as he lost his limbs his youth was taken away from him. Owen wrote this phrase in a short sentence to indicate a strong and powerful point. The emotive and emotive words, “back will never brace” shows how his back will never support him again in life whatever he does he will always be disabled and will not be dependent on himself anymore. This portrays how a great life has been cut short. Owen uses strong imagery to convey his point, “he lost his colour” shows strong metaphor

In “Out, Out –” this is shown after the boy accidently cut of his hand. The boy had so much more potential and could give more, but after this tragic incident his life was cut short literally after his death Whereas in disabled when I say his life was cut short I mean he has nothing more to live for. After entering the war at a young age the soldier was disabled his legs were no longer a part of his body he returned from war and was treated terribly, he didn’t receive the cheers and happiness as he was promised but now he is on a wheel chair isolated from the world because of the true and harsh realities of war, which he hadn’t realized. Both these people didn’t realize what they were getting into and didn’t realize what the world truly had to offer them and were pressured into doing stuff, which lead them in the wrong way. Both these people could have been something but and had great potential but after their incidents their life has been cut