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Essay / The impact of war on civilians - 1127
The impact of war on civilians1. Sources A and B both agree on how people reacted to the food situation. Source B is slightly more exaggerated that people were very badly affected and gives the impression that the reaction was greater than Source A implies. Source A only mentions that certain foods were in short supply since the introduction rationing, but it was not extreme while Source B implies that the civilians had very little to eat and were on the verge of starvation, which would cause them to react much worse to the food crisis. I know this because the source A said: "No one has eaten cheese in a long time, butter is very hard to get, and even margarine is not available." » However, source B says: “My family lived on bones from the butcher. in soups. And black bread. This shows either that one source was slightly inaccurate, or that some areas were affected by much more severe food shortages than others. Both sources also mentioned that when food was available, everyone was lining up, source A: "A grocer was 'rushed' a few days ago... they were crowded together, right on the road." Source B – “…when food was delivered…the lines stretched for miles.” Both sources comment on the reaction of the population. Although both sources mostly agree on how people reacted to the food shortage, source B is not as reliable as it is inaccurate when it states that many children died of starvation and this caused was said in 1984, which is