wilfred owens peom & Dulce E decrum Est" and " Tim OBriens " the things they carried" deal with two diffent wars world war one and the viet nam war.while these wars seems to have little in common owen and OBrien are both critical of the notion that war is horrible .the main theme that dominates both works is as follows:the realities of war that soliders on the ground experience contradicts the idealistic view of war promoted by governments / the military .compare /contrast the approaches and strategies these writers use to explore thier theme.