Brittain has suffered many losses, including the loss of her youth, her loved ones, and her ignorance, but the loss of her loved ones seemed to trouble Brittain the most throughout The Testament Of Youth . Guilt seeps through Brittain's veins as she can never forget her first love and her brother, so Brittain writes to try to give meaning to all the lives lost in the First World War. Brittain pleads, “What you have fought for will come to naught, all you have done and been will not be wasted, for it will be a part of me as long as I live and I will always remember it” ( Brittain 200). Brittain is talking about his past loved ones and how they all wanted to be remembered and honored by serving for their country. Sadly, Brittain's generation is known as the "lost generation", where so many men died at such a young age that many were not recovered or given individual honors. Because many men have been lost and forgotten, Brittain feels a sense of urgency to always remember his past loved ones, so he incorporates them into his writings. This type of writing can be very emotional and positional, thus causing fewer facts to be introduced. With fewer facts introduced, more emotion is poured into Brittain's writing as she desperately tries to honor her brother and fiancé. Along with emotions come prejudices, thus proving that Brittain used more emotions than facts and skillfully created a persuasive method