Both "Regeneration" and "Journey's End" are set during World War I, with "Regeneration" examining the mental effects of the men removed from the war and "Journey's End" focused on a short period of time in a trench. Sherriff used a play when he wrote “Journey's End” so that he could give a faithful portrayal of life in the trenches rather than the dramatized version that was commonly presented when it was written in 1928. Barker used the novel form when he wrote “Regeneration” to show us the effects that the war left on the men involved; showed us how many men suffered from what appears to be post traumatic stress disorder, which was a mental disorder not recognized until 1980. However both texts are similar in that they aim to dispel common views about war, they show people what was hidden from them and present the truth about the war based on their own experiences; Barker's grandfather served in the war and the sheriff himself served in the trenches, so it could be argued that they are both pieces of faction literature. The sheriff chose to use a play set in the trenches so he could confine the audience to the theater as men. in the trenches. It was a way to mimic the claustrophobia that soldiers would feel. By using a show set in one location in a short period of time, he is able to show the long waits and boredom that the soldiers faced. Even the “sounds of war” that are faintly present add verisimilitude and help the audience understand what the men faced on a daily basis. While Sheriff effectively dispels common misconceptions about the trenches, his use of comedy doesn't allow us to understand how his characters feel. Barker's choice to write "Regeneration" as a novel is able to give us an idea of ​​how men had fought and... middle of paper... 1928, when the class gap in Britain was enormous and very more important than it is today. Barker wrote Regeneration in 1991, when the class divide wasn't as evident, so he is less clear in his work. The working class is represented by Trotter and Mason in Journey's End and Ada and Sarah Lumb in Regeneration. Both authors use dialect to represent their class. In Journey's End Mason and Trotter both drop the H when speaking, for example, "avent" instead of havent and "'ad" instead of had. With Sarah and Ada Lumb the use of "Aye" at the beginning of Ada's sentence and Sarah calling her mother "mam" shows that they are from a working class background. There is a theme of duty present in "Journey's End" and "Regeneration"; and both characters feel that their duty has changed in the end. In “Journey's End” Works CitedJourney's End, RC SheriffRegeneration, Pat Barker