Playwright R.C. Sherriff conveys his distaste and disgust about war in “Journey’s End” through the story and experiences of his characters and his own experience in the First World War. The play was first performed in 1928, a decade after the First World War, and the play was set in 1918, 3 days before the spring offensive, Germany’s last effort of overtaking the allies. Sherriff served as an Officer of the 9th battalion of the East Surrey Regiment in the first World War, one time in 1917 he was severely wounded in the infamous battle of Passchendaele, having a near death experience. Sherriff would also emphasize the looming violence of war throughout the play, with each act ending with a sentence remarking the constant sound of shelling and gunshots with stage directions mentioning how “In the quiet can be heard the low rumble of the guns up north.”, “Heavy guns…booming miles away” “Very faintly……spatter of rifle fire” Which constantly reminds the reader of the constant war happe...