War, a cruel three letter word that has made many lose their lives in order to win “patriotism”. Of both groups fighting there will be a winner, whether it be the death count, or the amount of damage done to one another. In reality, no one ever wins war, it will always be in the back of the mind of the individuals it has scarred with it’s claws of wrath. In The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brien shows proof that, even after the war, many are more affected than they were during it’s run. The idea that people will be perfectly fine after war is ridiculed. Society does not realize the effect war has on a soul. In the book, O’Brien shows that the reality of war is beyond our expectations. As an example, there is the lovely Mary Anne, an innocent soul who went to Vietnam for her “love” Mark Fossie. When in the war Mary Anne undeniably went insane. Her insanity goes to prove that even the most purest innocence can be grasped by the grip of war. Insanity is not only a problem for the sane, it is also a battle for the person who is suffering from it, actually far more bigger than a battle, a war, showing that one war may …show more content…
War is Kind by Stephen Crane depicts the fact that the world doesn't realize the significance in war until something happens to it. By all means, it is a human reaction to not cooperate with something one recently supported, due to an effect the cooperation has cost. For instance, The Lottery by Shirley Jackson, displays Tessie a woman who was pro “lottery”, which is later shown as a sacrificial drawing, but suddenly changes her opinion when it is her name that is chosen. Thus doing this, it is shown that Tessie symbolizes people who are pro-war, saying it is a necessity, but as soon as the table turns to these people, they suddenly find it ridiculous and unfair. In discussion of winning, people are in constant battle with whether or not war is actually needed. Tessie portraying those that believe it