http://whitepe.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/the-beat-goes-on/ War then and now. Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:21:04 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 http://whitepe.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/the-beat-goes-on/comment-page-1/#comment-8 Final Post/ Comments | War and peace in literature Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:13:02 +0000 http://whitepe.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/the-beat-goes-on/#comment-8 [...] 5. The beat goes on [...] [...] 5. The beat goes on [...]

]]> http://whitepe.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/the-beat-goes-on/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Pierce Wancour Tue, 15 Apr 2008 03:16:47 +0000 http://whitepe.edublogs.org/2008/02/06/the-beat-goes-on/#comment-7 I also wrote a post on the idea that war forever changes people. It's not that they will never be able to live a normal person's life ever again, but simply that many soldiers get reminded of the things they experienced in war from one thing or another. These reminders drag that person back into the hell that they experienced and each different veteran experiences their reaction differently, apparently this person was changed to the point where he was driven to kill someone, but most people do not respond to strongly. So, this leads me to think that it is common knowlegde that soldiers come back as at very least slightly different people, and so i think that the person who volunteers to go to war is making a huge sacrifice. A sacrifice that will stick with them throughout their entire lives, but many soldiers would probably say that this sacrifice was worthwhile in order to defend the way of life that the rest of those on the home-front live. In my opinion I think that this idea the ultimate sacrifice, should be respected and honored by those who did not have to go through it in war. I also wrote a post on the idea that war forever changes people. It’s not that they will never be able to live a normal person’s life ever again, but simply that many soldiers get reminded of the things they experienced in war from one thing or another. These reminders drag that person back into the hell that they experienced and each different veteran experiences their reaction differently, apparently this person was changed to the point where he was driven to kill someone, but most people do not respond to strongly. So, this leads me to think that it is common knowlegde that soldiers come back as at very least slightly different people, and so i think that the person who volunteers to go to war is making a huge sacrifice. A sacrifice that will stick with them throughout their entire lives, but many soldiers would probably say that this sacrifice was worthwhile in order to defend the way of life that the rest of those on the home-front live. In my opinion I think that this idea the ultimate sacrifice, should be respected and honored by those who did not have to go through it in war.

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