To further drive home the point to the reader of the just-ended war’s profound effects on the lives of British citizens, Woolf forces Miss Kilman to walk past the tomb of the Unknown Warrior while going about her regular business. By not being in an out-of-the-way locale, the tomb and its meaning are truly able to become a part of regular life for all people, imploring them to remember those who sacrificed everything in an effort to maintain freedom for all. For the reader, these prolific references to the just-completed war create an image of a nation torn apart by bloody warfare and finally beginning to put the pieces back together.
Source:
"The Unknown Warrior." Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Web. 30 Sept. 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Unknown_Warrior.
Picture Credits:
The Unknown Warrior. Digital image. The Unknown Warrior. Westminster Abbey. Web. 30 Sept. 2009. http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f3/Unknown-warrior-london.jpg.
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