what are the main themes/topics in Journey's end? Give two examples for each.

 Heroism- This is one theme which can be seen through
Raleigh. Raleigh hero-worships Stanhope and looks up to him till the very end. For
example when Raleigh first arrived in the trenches, he had noticed how much Stanhope had
changed since the last time they had met. Even so, when Raleigh wrote a letter to his
sister, he had written proudly of Stanhope and did not bad-mouth him in any
way.

As shannon1331 had said, food and
alchohol is another theme which can be seen throughout the play. Whenever Stanhope gets
too stressed, he would immediately call for his alchohol and drown his senses in
it. Also it can be seen that most of the conversations relating to the war is usually
done while having their meal. Food serves to distract them from war and also serves as a
comic relief to diffuse the tension, usually by Mason or
Trotter.

Theme of Hierarchy. From the tone of the
characters, this theme is shown. Mason is afraid of the officers. this is shown when
mason accidentally got apricots and told Osborne to tell Stanhope. Another incident is
the raid. As much as the colonel does not want to send their men into a suicide raid, he
cannot refuse the order from the Brigadier General and call it
off.

Hope this helps. ^_^