Picnic On the Battlefield

Running head: BATTLEFIELD ETIQUETTE








Battlefield Etiquette
Keith D. Brooks
Assignment #3
C. C. Tiffany
Rochester College


Battlefield Etiquette
This play “Picnic on the Battlefield” had a strange war feel, yet still gave the reader the sense of a family that stayed very close to one another. Fernado Arrabel did a fine job linking the two together. At the very beginning of the play, you get the cognizance that Zapo does not belong fighting in a war. Imagine a solder asking “And what am I suppose to do with the had grenades? Do I chuck them in front of me or behind me?” This poor innocent lad does not belong fighting; he needs to be at home with his mother.
While at his position, his parents are able to come up behind him. Had they been the enemy, he would have been killed then. Instead, he is kissed by his parents and lectured on war by his ...