Analysis of Relationships in Regeneration

In this essay I am going to analyses the difficulty of relationships at bottom the context of state of war. I will be looking at Billy antecedent and Sarah Lump and exploring their relationship. I will also be looking at the difficulties of their relationship because of the war. front is a very complicated character. His difficult life from both home and during the war is the reason for his emotional conflict which causes him stress.He believes his duty is to litigate and cries when told he wont be returning to war, yet he Is hesitant of admitting his fear that he was scargond of being killed In the war. He will only call down to Rivers using a notepad and refuses to discuss his memories of the war as he claims to have lost all memory of why he broke down. Sarah Lump Is a working class woman who by nature of her gender has been shielded from the horrors of war. She moved outside(a) from home to work In a munitions factory In Scotland, which shows how women were beginning to r eplace men who had gone to war.The contact she has with the war Is the loss of her boyfriend In the battle of Loss, through this detail bow-wow shows how everyone at the cartridge holder could be touched by the war, further illustrating the kind of the role of men and women. Prior and Sarah first met in a pub where Sarah Lump approached Prior. This shows a change in attitude as usually it would be the man approaching the woman. After only meeting Sarah for a short time he asked approximately any past or present relationships Sarah may have had.Sarah then talks about her previous boyfriend who died in the war and brooded for a tour over her empty glass. She was changed by his death and this was the reason why she moved away from home. This could make their relationship difficult as she knows the purporting of heartbreak from losing a loved one in the war so wouldnt want to deal with the pain gain through being in a relationship with a soldier. Empty glass is used as it shows t he emptiness and pain she felt inside from the death of her previous boyfriend.The first complication in their relationship is when Prior was meant to go visit her but doesnt turn up. When Prior eventually does cast her, shes angry with him as in her eyes he stood her up. Youve got a nerve. This quotation shows her anger because she feels she may have been used by Prior simply for sexuality. She doesnt understand the utilities that may occur for Prior at the hospital. However once he explained hat he wasnt allowed out she forgives him and agrees to go on a second date. When they go out to the beach, its an escape from the war.Prior pays attention to crowds of people and envies them and Sarah as they are free of the experience of the war. He feels they owe him something and that Sarah should pay. He has affections for her yet Is bitter and Jealous of her Ignorance of the war which has changed him forever. They make love for the first time when they go out on their trip to the bea ch. Prior as a man gives Sarah the impression that he was not connected to her. Prior is unsure of his feelings and does not want Sarah to think that anything important happened at the beach.Pat Barker doesnt dwell on Sarahs feelings but as Prior is the protagonist, the reader is aware of everything he thinks and feels, because of this we are shown giving her mixed messages about what his feelings are for her. Also the fact that hes been restricted from talking to women, because of the war, effects their relationship as it makes him hostile, Jealous and uncomfortable. Sarah doesnt understand the truth about war, this makes their relationship difficult s she doesnt understand the impact that war has on men in general, so doesnt understand why Prior acts in a certain way.Even though hes out of the war, he still has memories of it and friends who are out there fighting. He also feels guilty as he believes he should be fighting for his country with fellow soldiers. Prior may feel hopele ss in a way as hes never going to be able to mentally escape the war as everything brings back memories for him which is serious for Sarah as she will have to deal with this and with the fact that Prior doesnt homogeneous to talk about his war memories. He is actually with her to take his mind away from the horrors he has witnessed in the war. He needed her ignorance to hide in. This quotation illustrates Priors complicated feelings for Sarah. He loves her, but also despises her for being a female and not knobbed in the horrors of war. He also understands how much he needs her ignorance to help him get through his own horrors. Sarah tells her Mum, Dad Lump about her relationship with Prior. She has a hardened attitude towards the relationship with Prior as she doesnt believe that true love exists between any man or women. From her mothers own difficult ain experience in relationships shes brought her daughter up with a hard realism of love.What do you think he wants you for? Dad implies that perhaps Prior doesnt care and that hes possibly Just using her for sex. This could be difficult for Sarah as she doesnt have support from her mother. This could possibly be because Sarahs father walked out on them as it had never been produce whether her father had departed this life, the town or merely his marriage. So she might Just not want to see her daughter get hurt. Her Mothers captioned in her having sex so early on in the relationship and reminds her that contraception isnt always reliable.She also considers marriage as the sole end of female existence and would like to see her daughter marry a man with a brighter future which isnt Prior. This is shown when Prior asks Sarah if her mum likes him. Not as much as she would if you were going back. For Prior, being with Sarah is like an escape from the world outside and memories of war. He spends the night with her in the lodgings. He was glad to have the night shut out, with its memories of fear and worried se ntries whispering.This quotation shows that Prior now feels safe, his memories cant haunt him tonight as theyre forgotten about. He feels comfortable and happy with Sarah, they lie on her bed talking and finally Prior tells her he loves her and she replies that she loves him too. They have both been damaged by the war and at least find solace and care in each other, amidst the madness of the war. One vista of Regeneration is to give an insight into how the war affected men mentally and the effect this had on their relationships. I hope that I have shown from uncertainty of life from daylight to day within the war.