Twain gives an example of a prayer in which one prayed that “[God] would watch over noble young soldiers and aid, comfort, and encourage them in their patriotic work”(Twain). Twain is conveying the extreme amounts of enthusiasm for not only war, but a victorious war. He is using irony by acknowledging the fact that these war enthusiasts are blending their religion with their patriotism. The narrator is humoring the fact that in a literal sense, these patriots are not only praying for a victory for their soldiers, but for the suffering and malice upon their
Twain gives an example of a prayer in which one prayed that “[God] would watch over noble young soldiers and aid, comfort, and encourage them in their patriotic work”(Twain). Twain is conveying the extreme amounts of enthusiasm for not only war, but a victorious war. He is using irony by acknowledging the fact that these war enthusiasts are blending their religion with their patriotism. The narrator is humoring the fact that in a literal sense, these patriots are not only praying for a victory for their soldiers, but for the suffering and malice upon their