# § 15 explained — Mr. Britling Sees It Through

> Chapter companion for Mr. Britling Sees It Through by H. G. Wells.

## What happens

The chapter describes how the Great War began in Europe and reached Mr. Britling at Matching's Easy, personifying War as the ultimate fact that must be reckoned with, stripping away the familiar scenery of life.

## Themes in this chapter

### The Impact of War

War is personified as the ultimate fact that disrupts and dominates all human life, stripping away familiar comforts.

## Character check-ins

### Mr. Britling

The war comes to him at Matching's Easy as it does to countless intelligent men in pleasant homes.

## Key lines

> I am the Fact,” said War, “and I stand astride the path of life. I am the threat of death and extinction that has always walked beside life, since life began. There can be nothing else and nothing more in human life until you have reckoned with me.

War declares itself the inescapable reality that blocks the way of life, a constant threat of death that must be confronted before anything else can matter.

_War is personified as an unavoidable, fundamental force that demands acknowledgment._

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