In the poem Wilfred Owen shows how prideful decisions lead to Abrams death in WWII. When Abram was giving the chance to use a provided ram to use he did not because he was to prideful and did not use it because he was too good for it. This decision leads to his demise because if he had used the provided equipment it might have saved his life. The prideful decisions that were evident in the poem would not have been as obvious if Owen had not use imagery in the poem.

In the poem Owen uses imagery to show how violent and unsafe the environment is that Abram is in and to make it obvious Abrams prideful decisions are. There is great imagery used in lines eight and nine that show how dangerous the environment is that Abram is fighting in, when it says, “and builded parapets and trenches there and stretched forth the knife to slay his son.”

Also imagery is used in lines thirteen fourteen and fifteen, when it revels Abrams prideful decision lead to his death when it says, “A ram, caught in a thicket by its horns: offer the ram of pride instead of him. But the old man would not so, but slew his son.” Pride affected Abram in a great way but pride also has a major affect on my life.

Being to prideful in my life about some things have some great and costly consequences to both me and my family. There are some times in my life where my parents tell me to do something but I don’t because I am to prideful. This year my parents told me not to ride my quad so fast but I was to prideful and thought I knew better then I flip my quad and ended up in the hospital for a week. Also when my parents tell me not to walk without help from either my mom or my dad and I did not listen and walked alone I fell and get a cracked tailbone. That is how prideful decisions take a toll on me and my family’s life.

A prideful decision that’s what made a good and honest man sacrifice his one and only son. This poem shows that pride does not only affect me but it affect Abrams so much as it even lead to his death but that could only be shown with the superb use of imagery by Wilfred Owen. So remember prideful decisions are bad and have negative effects on people’s lives.