Picnic on the Battlefield
... In Fernando Arrabal’s “Picnic on the Battlefield” was written to represent the uselessness that war has on the world. ... Picnic on the battlefield is about two soldiers, Zapo and Zepo, on opposite sides in war. ... Zapo’s mother and father come out to the battlefield to have a picnic with him, when an enemy soldier stumbles in front of them. ... She brings him a picnic to the battlefield. ... The setting is important because no one goes to a battlefield to have a Sunday lunch with their son. ... Tepan brought a record player and a camera out to the battlefield with them. ... “Picnic on the Battlefield” was written to symbolize the worthlessness that war has on the world. ... “Picnic on the Battlefield” Literature and the Writing Process Elizabeth McMahan, Susan X Day, and Robert Funk.