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You might have read war stories or watched war movies. Make a list of the factors which make them interesting.

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The factors listed below often make war stories interesting:

  1. the constant threat of injury or death looming over the characters
  2. a sense of real-life drama and the thrill attached to it
  3. spontaneity required in decision-making during crucial moments of the war
  4. the narrator’s an elevated sense of pride or utter dejection at times
  5. historic nature of the outcome of a war
  6. reader/viewer’s emotional involvement.
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