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Both sources are similar because they both emphasise the horrors of war. They both use the semantic field of war with words such as 'grenade' and 'battle'. In both battles there was heavy casualties which creates a negative portrayal of war. In both sources there is disbelief about what has happened.

The differences beetween the two sources are that the great war source is a letter home from being at war and the Crimean war source is a news report. This suggests that the letter is a more honest and truthful source. The letter present s a very negative image of war however the news report includes some positive thoughts of war. For example 'they swept proudly past'. This infers that the unit were proud to charge at the enemy. This may not be accurate because an alternate viewpoint is that it was the general who commanded the charge that was proud however the individual soldiers may not have been

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The two texts show a variety of similarities despite being written either side of a significant time margin such as the overwhelming sense of death across both of them. This is shown in Charge of the light brigade quite plainly from the second stanza up until the end of the poem through phrases such as "dead men", "death cry", and "strewed with their bodies". This theme is also shown much the same way in Letter to my mother as the third stanza starts with "three quarters dead" which is followed up later on by "were blown to nothing" which is a very graphic piece of imagery.

While showing such striking similarities there are also the expected differences between the two poems such as the way the soldiers travel and how it links in with the different speeds at which each poem seem to progress. In Charge of the light brigade the soldiers are riding "steeds" which is a must faster way of travelling than at "a march" which is how Wilfred Owen and his "platoon" move about in Letter to my mother. This contributes to another difference in the texts as the speed at which the horses move cause the reader to realise how quickly the event happened; an almost polar opposite view of the sense the reader gets from Letter to my mother as the "octopus of sucking clay" seems like it would be very hard to walk on and therefore cause the reader to realise that it was not at a fast pace that they moved

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Even though these texts talk about two different wars over 60 years apart they both have the same semantic field about the horrors of war. The two texts are different in how they show soldiers in war. Text A the soldiers are described as hero's like in this quote 'they swept proudly past.' but in text B Wilfred Owen describes his fellow soldiers that he is relieving as 'wretches' and how unfortunate they are to be there or how despicable they have become being left at the front lines. These descriptions of the soldiers are different because the type of audiences the two texts are for. Text A is to be read by the public to boost public moral and Text B is for his mother which he says at the start of the text he wont 'deceive.'

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In summary, both of these texts explore the horrors and tragedies that war can bring. The way in which this is done in charge of the light brigade is the author describes in great detail the realities of war and the humanity and the courage the soldiers had. By humanising the war it allows the reader to feel involved and therefore emphasises the loss of life and the agonies these brave soldiers fought through. Furthermore, in a similar way wolfred Owen also humanises war as he explores the thoughts and feelings of soldier writing to his mother. By undergoing this passage as a letter to a loved one such as his mother it shows the personal and honest response the soldier can give as he is talking to the one who he trusts th most. In both these texts the reader can feel reassured that both these accounts are one of an accurate nature and one that can be trusted. This then in turn can emphasise to the reader the true agonies, horrors and realities of war.

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Piece A and Piece B, although set in very different historical times and places, both (as do most extracts about war) reveal the real, abominable negatives surrounding the subject of war and conflict. Both extracts portray the idea of training and discipline taught in the forces ' Ten young, proud Marines in uniform'. The reality of wearing the boot's prove the non-existent choice the soldiers have after they are sent off into the 'arms of death'.
'Death' and 'War' is seen differently between the two extracts. In Charge Of The Light Brigade, death is something they truly fear as they are not in control. Personification is demonstrated when the 'heroic country men' are sent rushing towards the 'arms of death'- death is seen as a being, possibly being the Devil. They have no control over the masses amount of power 'it' has. The audience could feel part of this scene as they can interpret the idea of the 'devil' into their own lives, possibly thinking of a toxic person and how that person makes them feel.
However in the American Sniper, death isn't so much feared as the marines have total control. 'gathered for a foot patrol' identifies that these marines have got the whole ground covered and quite happily put themselves out as a possible target. The ultimate amount of control is shown when the woman is described as 'already dead'-the woman was going to die when she ignites the bomb so the fact that a marine pulled the trigger and ended a life indicates that the marines feel calm and collected, which is mostly due to the disciplined training they have previously had.

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Within these two pieces of text I found multiple differences and similarities. The key difference I found within these pieces was that within text B, the narrator is not appart of the charge, they are a bystander. This is shown through the use of words such as 'their' and 'they'. This is different to text A as text A is written from the point of view of someone who is in the war, as show through the use of words such as 'I' and 'we'.

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Even though both texts are set in two very contrasting war zones they both share some very similar experiences and both show the horrors that are only experienced during war.
The texts have got a semantic field throughout to help to add to the theme of war and show what occurs during the battles. Text A uses "guns" and "sabers" to inform the reader of the types of weapons used in the war. Text B uses the words "shelling" and blown" to convey the persons experience.
Furthermore, the two texts both display how the men have to follow all the orders given whether they want to or not and no matter where they are and what they are currently doing. Text A shows the the army lining up in two lines to advance towards the enemy. The reader can imagine how terrified the soldiers were. Text B describes that the men had to "march three miles over shelled road" Wilfred Owen describes the conditions they were forced to do this in which creates a sense of sympathy within the reader.
However both extracts do have their differences mainly in the form of the piece of writing. Text A is written as a news article with the purpose to inform and notify people of the charge of battle. Text A is written in the third person plural with uses of the pronouns "they". This pronoun distances the person in the battle and makes it more of a shared experience. It is less personal and makes the reader question how accurate the text could be. Text B was written as a letter to the writers mother. It is written in the first person singular making the text more personal and helps the reader to understand personal feelings that come across during war. Text B finishes with "i am afraid" which is use of emotional language and makes the reader feel sympathy towards the writer.

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Despite both texts sharing a common vision of the horrors of war, through the use of semantic fields of conflict such as the verb “shelling”, and sabers “flashing”, both writers have very different attitudes towards those at war.

In text A, the writer opens with the pronoun “they”, hence distancing himself from the battle, which makes it less likely to be completely true, but more of a superficial account. This is further demonstrated by his hyperbolic phrase “steeds flying wounded or riderless” which sounds more metaphorical than literal. On the contrary, text B is a letter written to Wilfred Owen’s mother opening with the pronoun “I”, making it more personal and therefore more realistic. We learn that Owen doesn’t exaggerate due to him writing that he will not be “deceiving” his mother in this letter.

Both texts depict negative views of battle through the deeply negative imagery, however each text portrays the concept of war in different ways. In Text A, Russell writes that they “swept proudly past” showing the “pride and splendour of war”, demonstrating that war is a marvellous thing, whereas in text B, Owen writes that he had “suffered seventh hell”, hence portraying war as a horrendous and futile endeavour.

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The horrifying theme of war is prominent in both texts which can be seen by the use of a semantic field of military conflict. Despite the fact that the two texts are set in differing periods of time, they both display the impact of war on a soldiers life. This idea can be seen in Charge of the Light Brigade, which is written in third person , and uses personification to show how the soldiers were 'rushing to the arms of death', This is similar to the fact that Owen juxtaposes his 'happy life' with the 'agony' of war in Source B, showing that war denotes images of pain and suffering.
However, although these two texts can be seen to have similarities, there are also differences. Source A, is a newspaper article which shows that it isn't as personal as it's from an outside perspective. This contrasts with Source B as it is a letter to Wilfred Owen's mother which is in first person and therefore more personal and truthful as there is no reason to 'deceive' his mother.

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The two texts both endeavour to describe the harsh realities of war. The way in which it is done in the charge of the light brigade piece, makes the heartless massacre the solely the fault of the Russians. This is because of the fact that the purpose of the article was to please the government and vilify the Russians. Whilst this is achieved, war is glorified as initially the source is describing the bravado of the soldiers neatly as they march into the valley. whilst being factually correct, many facts are omitted in order to make it appear as if it was more of a blunder than a failure. This would have been far more pleasing to a government with imperialistic ambitions. Asides from aiming to please the government the reader of such an article would be a richer gentleman who believed that those who were socially beneath him to know there place. If the reader thought the reader thought that the soldiers were disobeying orders then the reader would consider the actions of the actions of the light brigade somewhat Machiavellian. The writer did not want this hence the reason for the writer stressing the fact that the riders obeyed the orders, despite them being nonsensical.

On the other hand, Wilfred Owen's letter to his mother has quite a different attitude. Whilst it speaks of the horrors of war it is not seeking to omit facts for the sake of defending the government. Instead it is open and frank, yet because it is a personal letter it has a tendency to use hyperbolic language. An example of this is when the soldiers holding the dugout, which he was given the displeasure of having to assist in holding, as wretches. This use of the term wretches is indicative of Owen's opinion of the soldiers as no longer human. This is because of the fact that they have witnessed such atrocities, such carnage and the fiasco, which was the reality of life in the trenches, that now they are subhuman. They have been stripped of the luxury of living life, so that they find themselves awaiting imminent death. Owen uses juxtaposition in a very matter of fact way to emphasise this dismal life that both he and his comrades are forced to live by mentioning that it was at the time that his mother was a church. Likewise others may state that in fact the reason why Owen described his fellow soldiers as wretches was because of the tactics used by Field-Marshall Haig. These tactics were essentially attrition. Owen feels that this concept of attrition is in fact devaluing the lives of the soldiers. Instead, o Haig they are merely numbers, statistics. Owen feels his life and the lives of his comrades are worthless. This is made evermore poignant by the fact that he is writing to his mother, this is because it reminds the reader of the fact that all these soldiers had families. The use of first person is extremely intimate, showing an apparently worthless soldier as a human like the reader. This is quite a contrast to charge of the light brigade which is in third person to distance the reader from the feelings of the soldier.

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Both texts, although written in vastly contrasting times, have similarities in their descriptions of war. For example, both texts describe the idea of soldiers placing their duty and following in orders above all. Text A describes how the Light Brigade charged into a hopeless battle, after receiving the wrong orders, and how “their desperate honour knew no bounds”. The sense of duty is paralleled in text B in Wilfred Owen describing the desperate situation he found himself, and yet was prepared to stay at his post, even while others around him were “blown to nothing”. However, both texts can be seen in their contrasting level of glory. Text A describes how the Light Brigade were “glittering in the morning sun in all the pride and splendor of war”. In Text B Owen writes that he “nearly broke down and let (himself) drown”. showing that although both texts describe a soldiers sense of duty, text A glorifies war, text B shows what is considered now to be the true nature of war.

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Both texts are set in two contrasting settings, both convey the hell that is war., but from two different view points. Both use semantic field of weaponry, and both focus mainly on the negative feelings towards war.

Nevertheless, both have contrasting purposes, which is presented in the different uses of language. Text A writes about how the soldiers 'swept proudly past', when, in hindsight, we can assume that they were (quite understandably) terrified.

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The two texts decribe the horrors of war in very different settings. Semantic field is used in both texts to promote the theme of war through military language like 'guns' and 'shelled' as well as 'sabers flashing'. This helps potray the negative feelings that war induces. There are many similarities in the two texts like the fact that there were huge casualties in both wars as Wilfred Owen says 'three quarters dead' and 'not a British soldier, except the dead or dying, was left in front of these Muscovite guns' which implies that both wars had poor leaders and ruthless enemies as there was so many casualties and it also highlights the soldies bravery as they risked their lives for their countries.

On the other hand, both texts are written in different form as text A is written as an newspaper or article in third person and descibes soldiers being ordered to charge into battle in more detail whereas text B is written in first person as a letter to the writer, Wilfred Owen's, mother and it is sharing his own personal experiences of war and how he personally felt.

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The two texts convey the horrors of war, through a semantic field of military language and the negative experiences, however what the soldiers experience is different. Owen writes that he 'suffered seventh hell' whilst in the 'flooded' trenches; the war had no sign of stopping and he was just waiting in No Man's Land whereas in 'The Charge of the Light Brigade' it is more about the horror they felt when given the order to go into the battle head first, unlike in 'Letter to my mother' this battle was over instantly. Both texts discuss the idea of the soldiers having a lack of control, they simply had to obey the orders they were given whether it led to their deaths or made them suffer.

The experiences of the soldiers are written in different forms, text A is from an article, third person and describes more about what happened and the details of the battle, it comes from someone looking back at the battle and who wasn't experiencing it first hand. However Text B was written by Wilfred Owen when is was in the trenches in WW1, this makes it more personal and gives you an idea of how the soldiers were really feeling which wasn't tainted by the media.

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Both of the texts were sent in horrific war zones, even though they were seperate battles there are many similarities.
One similarity is the way both texts talk about how they have to follow orders no matter what they are. In text A, a soldier is questionning whether advancing into battle is the right thing to do. He can't believe that his chief is commanding him to do something so risky. He says "Surely that handful of men were not going to charge an army in position?" The fact he was asking this makes us feel like he is doubting the commands even though he is the one in charge. Also, text B talks about all the orders the soldiers have to follow even know they put the lives of the men in danger.
One difference is the fact that text B referers to how the war effects his mother whereas in text A it just says how terrible the war is to him and not how it may effect his family and friends. This may be because his family didn't agree with him going to war so he doesn't speak about them at all.

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Texts A and B were both set in a war zone, although they were in very different places, 63 years apart.

Both texts are based around the negative experiences of soldiers at war. Text A describes the negative impact of war upon a whole Calvary in battle in third person, generalising the experience. Whereas in text be, the writer describes the experiences of a single soldier in first person, causing the text to feel more personal.

The battle in text A is fast moving and over very quickly, whereas the battle in text B moves far less quickly and is dragged out over a long period of time.

Both poems are based largely around death, the armies in both texts sustained huge casualties. The wars were different but equally severe.

Soldiers follow orders in both texts. In text A. these orders are wrong and many men died because of it.

The soldiers in both texts have a ruthless enemy. In text A, they ruthlessly kill almost a whole Calvary and in text B, they ruthlessly target the trenches, causing mass death and injury.

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Although the two texts are set in two vastly different wars, in periods of history with half a centuries difference similarities can be seen in way the two authors describe war. Both texts use a semantic field of military language such as 'guns' and 'shelled'. Both pieces also share a sense of disbelief at the orders the men were expected to follow and the fact this would lead them toward the inevitability of their death.

However despite similarities between the two, The Charge of the light Brigade has a far higher sense of glory than Wilfred Owen's letter by the use of more language like 'splendour' and 'pride' . Not a sense of this can be found in Owen's letter, bluntly informing his mother 'with no excuse of deceiving' her of the hellish conditions he has suffered. Both pieces have a different tone because they are serving different purposes, Owen's is a personal letter detailing his experience to his mother, it's only meant to be read by the person it is addressed to. On the other hand the charge of the light brigade is a newspaper article, meaning it was written to be read by a vast majority of people, this could be the reason for the glorification of some aspects of the war.

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Despite both texts being set in different times, places and having different purposes, they are both similar to each other in that they show, with detail, the horrors and negative experiences of war. The semantic field of war and weaponry used in the texts gives them both similar atmospheres as well as the idea of a lack of control and choice shown in both texts. Huge casualties were suffered in the events mentioned in the texts and this is emphasised by the endings of both pieces of writing, focusing on the sheer amount of death and horror in the events featured in the texts.

On the other hand, texts A and B could be seen to contrast in several aspects such as their tones. Text A very quickly turns from having a positive tone, with the soldiers sweeping “proudly” and “glittering in the morning sun” to something extremely negative. However, in Text B the writer, Wilfred Owen opens quite bluntly in saying that he could “see no excuse” for “deceiving” his mother when telling her about his experiences in the trenches and No Man’s Land. Although both of the texts are negative overall/show negative experiences, the attitudes of the writers towards upcoming (in the case of Text A) or recent (in the case of Text B) events contrast with each other. The author of Text A could be seen to be somewhat naïve for their positive attitude towards something that was inevitably going to fail whereas the author of Text B is down to the point and doesn’t attempt to refrain his negativity in his letter, showing a lack of hope, almost a carelessness towards what is to come.

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Although these two texts are about two very different warzones, set in different places and centuries, they share the way they convey the negative atmosphere of the battlefield. The soldiers are helpless to do anything but follow orders, even when, as in ‘The Charge of the Light Brigade’, the orders would lead them to nowhere but death. Wilfred Owen writes that he ‘suffered seventh hell’ when following orders he had no choice but to obey. The soldiers appear dutiful and submissive in Russell’s account of the doomed charge of the light brigade, with the soldiers sweeping ‘proudly past’, displaying ‘the pride and splendour of war’. However, the soldiers would have known that they were doomed and that this charge would lead them nowhere, but yet again, they had no choice but to obey orders. This links with Owen’s letter where he writes about the helplessness of the situation on the front line, suffering ‘sloppy mud’ and ‘an octopus of sucking clay’, reflecting the inescapabilty of war, not just the weather.

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Despite the fact that the two texts are set in two different wars, over half a century apart, there are many similarities between them. For example, both texts show how little choice the soldiers have when they receive orders. The soldiers in the Charge of the light Brigade charged into battle despite knowing that their orders were wrong, and in Wilfred Owen's letter he describes the futility of being in such a position yet he had no choice about being there.

However, it can be  no surprise that there are many differences between the two texts. The most obvious difference is the settings where the battles take place. The Charge of the Light Brigade takes place in a valley and Wilfred Owen writes of the 'octopus of sucking clay' in the 'flooded trench'. There is also a huge difference in the speed of the two texts: The Charge of the Light Brigade is always incredibly fast paced and exciting, the soldiers are charging o horses and everything happens very quickly. There is almost no time at all between the glorious charge and the tragic retreat. In contrast to this, Wilfred Owen's letter home is very slow paced and almost dull, taking place over the course of over fifty hours.
Another very evident difference is the attitudes in the two texts towards the wars. Because of the fact it is a newspaper article, The Charge of the Light Brigade has a purpose of informing the public of the events in the Crimean War and also keep up the moral of the people at home. So while the tragic event
is still recounted, there is a sense of glory and duty to the way he writes and he specifically emphasises on the bravery of the soldiers. Wilfred Owen's letter has an incredibly different tone because he is simply writing to his mother to tell her what has been happening to him, he did not mean the letter to be read by the public. Because of this, the letter has a hopeless and at times terrified tone and he tells her that he has 'suffered seventh hell' and doesn't leave out any details as he 'can see no excuse for deceiving' her. In other words Owen's account can be taken as a more reliable piece of writing because he has no reason to be biased or hide the true facts of the situation.

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Although the two texts are set in two different historical settings, both texts show emphasis on the conditions and horrors of war in two different perspectives. This is apparent by the writers' lexical choice of the semantic field of war and suffering such as "shelled road" and "sabers flashing", either to give awareness or to evoke emotion. Their experiences are both portrayed as negative and a cause for disbelief or being uneasy with troubled afterthoughts.

Text A however, is written in the form of a newspaper/article in third person, and its purpose serves to give awareness to the British public at the time, who were often unaware of the heavy casualties sustained in war, whilst Wilfred's is a letter to his mother, to establish the emotional connection better through the use of pathos (e.g "agony of my happy life" to create the sense of mixed feelings). Russell focuses more onto the bravery and valour of the soldiers  - "courage to great for credence" - whilst Wilfred focuses more onto the merciless, physical and real conditions  of the life in the trenches and the fear of the unknown, which he ends the letter in. Lastly,  Wilfred uses biblical lexis such as "seventh hell" and "going to church" whereas Russell uses imagery of fire like "flood of smoke and flame" which both give different ideas about the form of suffering that is being experienced - one is fast-paced, almost surreal; the other is an eternal burden to be endured.

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It is no surprise that while these two texts are from different times in history they both have the same opinion of war. Using a similar semantic field of weaponry and describing the horrors of war. Their negative opinions of the conflicts they are reporting shine through.

On the other hand you can see through the language used, the difference in purpose. For example despite the horrors they were seeing, the soldiers in text A 'swept proudly past'. Being that this text was intended to paint the soldiers as heroes it is a likely that the writer is exaggerating. (As in reality they were probably terrified). Text B is a letter home, after just a few weeks in France. Not only is this less likely to be biased as it is more personal, he begins the letter announcing that he won't be 'deceiving' her.

Furthermore the mention of him considering 'drowning' himself rather than going on shows the true horrors of war. Which is a more accurate representation of the morale of soldiers during conflicts unlike the false image in Text A.

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Despite the texts describing conflicts 60 years apart and on the opposite sides of Europe, the texts are very similar. Both are soldiers for the British army and faced ruthless enemies. Both units have sustained massive casualties, and both of the soldiers have negative experiences of war and both texts describe the horrors of war.

However, Text A describes an offensive charge at the enemy whereas in Text B the soldiers hold a defensive dug-out. The speed of which both texts happen is also very difference, in Text A the charge is ended with in the hour whereas Text B happens over 50 hours.

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The texts are written about two very different battles, occurring in two very different wars, but they share many of the same negative experiences around which the texts are focused. Both texts use semantic fields of war and conflict, along with a sense of lack of control for the soldiers who have to follow orders, no matter what they think about it, or risk being accused of insubordination. On the other hand, the texts show different accounts of war, with Text A being written in the third person from a removed position, and Text B being a first hand account of life as a soldier in the trenches. Text B is more personal and more truthful as he informs his mother he won’t be ‘deceiving’ her. The wars described by the texts are also contrasting, the battle occurring in Text A is fast-paced and over within the hour, leaving ‘not a British soldier’ standing. Whereas the soldier in Text B is holding a defensive post and was bombarded by artillery fire for ‘fifty hours’. This difference in speed is also reflected in the descriptions of movement throughout the texts; text A describes the men as ‘quickening their pace’ whereas Owen describes it taking him ‘half a hour to move about hundred and fifty yards’.