"Belfast Saturday" a Short Story by Jenny Russel

My essay will be based on the short story titled 'Belfast Saturday' and the remarkable Jenni Russel writes it. I chose this particular story because it appealed to me and it was my favourite out of the selection of six, as it is very well written and easy to understand and it gets its message across without any trouble. The story is centred on two women, one very old and widowed, the other very young and sociable, living in Belfast, Ireland during the 1970's.
It follows a day in they're fairly different lives during the Civil War which was relatively regular at the time.
The message, which Jenni Russell is trying to get across, is that war is meaningless, and how anyone, and everyone can be affected by it. Not only are soldiers and people fighting wars the ones who suffer, but also innocent people, who have done nothing to anyone, are being killed and savagely murdered for reasons unknown to everyone.
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