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How do Luke Harding and Brian Turner present attitudes to conflict in ‘The Guardian’ and ‘Howl Wind’? In these texts, both show a negative view towards the subject. We see this particularly in ‘Howl Wind’s’ quote, “The high angle of hell.” This quotation gives the reader the image of a burning, hot blaze flying across the sky, which can show how depressing it is to be in his situation. It also suggests that “The high angle of hell” is a place that is at a “high angle”, it gives the impression, because hell is relatively low down, that where Brian Harding is, is worse than hell. Furthermore, in ‘The Guardian’ the rebel fighters are described as “Stamping” and “Setting fire” to tents. This gives the idea of an overwhelming force, but Luke Harding does not dramatise the situation as explicitly as Brian Turner. The bloodshed of both situations is sad, but the true emotions are expressed in Brian Turner’s ‘Howl Wind’. This is because Brian served in Afghanistan and wrote this whilst he was in conflict, so with this text we see the bloodshed first hand. This creating a more negative view of the subject than Luke has in his newspaper article.