The war was an important aspect of the reading. How, in Woolf’s mind, did life change before and after the war? What did war reveal about society?

One of the biggest changes in life after the war is that poetry turned from romantic to dark, unrelatable  pieces. Poetry, for instance, before the war was often related to the public, speaking about things people did normally. Now that the war passed, everything people did normally was done sadly, with the war still being looming over them, whether it be at luncheons or wherever. Poetry turned too strong, and became hard to relate to. What the war revealed about our society is that we become encapsulated by pain and anguish, that we feel a strong empathy towards those hurt by the war, including ourselves. We can’t get it off of our minds, and do everything we can to push through.