War Stories

War Stories

The Medals and Other Stories

After reading an excerpt from the book, The Medals and Other Stories, titled War my feelings remain the same as they always have.  War causes death and destruction.  Mothers and fathers lose their sons and daughters.  In the same war children lose their parents.  I have never been a strong supporter of any war and I’m definitely not in favor of drafts.  Be that as it may this short story did have some interesting points.  For instance, one of the characters in the story had lost his son in the war.  In an effort to reason with the other parents whose children were entering into the war he states “If a Country is a natural necessity like bread of which each of us of must eat in order not to die of hunger, somebody must go to defend it.” (Luigi, 1939).  His theory is very compelling.  No one wants to lose their family member to violence, but in war that’s a sad reality and a price that sometimes must be paid. Thankfully our country is stable enough so we’re not at a point where we have to consider drafting our citizens. Anyone who is forced to participate in something he/she does not want to do or does not believe in cannot possibly be beneficial the defense of our country.  My feelings on war remain the same, war is horrific, people die and countries are destroyed.  Yet in some cases there must be war to have peace.  For the most part our soldiers are fighting for that peace and for that we must salute them.

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