What is the central theme of Keith Douglas's "How to Kill" ?
Correct answer: A. Combat detaches a man from humanity.
- A. Combat detaches a man from humanity.
- B. All is fair in love and war.
- C. It is honorable and just to defend your country in a war.
- D. There is a right and a wrong way to throw a hand grenade.
Explanation
Douglas presents killing as a technical, almost detached procedure, exposing how combat separates the soldier from ordinary human sympathy. The poem is not an endorsement of war or merely an instruction about grenades.
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