What conditions are described Breakfast by W.W.GIbson, showing life of soldiers in the trenches?
...ing you up for the new day. Then Gibson says "I bet a rasher to a loaf of bread, that Hull United would beat Halifax" This shows how despite the fact that they may die, they are forgetting about war and focusing on the good things that they enjoy. It also shows that they do have some communication outside the trenches because they are listening to the football game on the radio. The two football teams are also comparable to the German army and the British army - many believed that the German Army would be victorious because they had the better technology. Next however we see how the other football team, Hull are close to victory because Halifax's star player is out. This again symbolises how when the German Panzer division was conquered, the British Army was on course to vi...