At one point, Conrad shows his father a white feather, given as a symbol of cowardice for not fighting in the war. This was a real-life practice: the Order of the White Feather was a club that publicly humiliated men into military service by directly giving/sending them white feathers. The Order was devised by Admiral Penrose-Fitzgerald to boost recruitment and patriotism; while effective, sometimes the wrong people got targeted (one case had a wounded serviceman receive a feather on his way to the reception for his decoration).
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05-03-2025 alle ore 07:33