‘Two Little Soldier' is a modem western short story, by a French novelist, port essays travel writer, shirt story writer and author, Gay de Maupassant. The majority of the story takes place in Courbevoie, a town in the countryside of France. The time setting of the story is not specified. The writer has adopted a realistic writing style. His subjects are real common day objects, like soldiers, war, love, friendship, jealousy, and deception. He uses the omnipresent narrator to serve the best...

Maupassant's story describes a conflict between friendship and love. One has to sacrifice the former for the sake of the latter, exemplified by Luc in the story. In the triangular love relationship, the third person can suffer if two attendees start maintaining hidden enterprise. The writer suggests that a person and his best friend cannot love the same person. Otherwise, tragic consequences, like the ones in the story, may take place.

One of the centres of attraction in the two French soldiers' outing is a tall young village girl. The beautiful country maid brings her cow out to pasture every week at the same time. They start conversing about her, as both of them are secretly in love with her.

Two Little Soldier centres on the conflict between tan good friends, Luc and Jean. Maupassant relies on the psychological conflict rather than the physical one. The entrance of a woman becomes the main cause of this sort of silent mental hostility. Luc betrays the hood of friendship to win the lady. As a result, a fierce internal bitterness prevails in the relationship between the male lovers, which breaks their friendship. Luc's attempt to access the girl costs a friendship and life.

Maupassant's story describes a conflict between friendship and love. One has to sacrifice the former for the sake of the latter, exemplified by Luc in the story. In the triangular love relationship, the third person can suffer if two attendees start maintaining hidden enterprise. The writer suggests that a person and his best friend cannot love the same person. Otherwise, tragic consequences, like the ones in the story, may take place.

The secret betrayal, at the hand of Luc and the village girl, is the cause of Jean's suicide. I think it was the bitterness of both friendship and love, which led to such tragic consequences.

Two Little Soldier' is a modern western short story, by a French novelist, poet, essayist, travel writer, short story writer and author, Guy de Maupassant. One of the major areas of the writer's focus is triangular love. It is clear that the author is not a great fan of such a story. In the triangular love relationship, the third person can suffer if two attendees start maintaining hidden enterprise. The writer suggests that a person and his best friend cannot love the same person. Otherwise,...

The central theme of this story is love and friendship. The writer wishes to show that friendship becomes fragile in the presence of love.