How to tell a true war story may be about war but it can be generalized to everyday life. Sometimes when people tell a story we have the choice to decide whether it is true or not. Stories are meant to entertain us and how far do we go to get another person to be intrigued by our personally adventures. In war its sort of the same, often men come back from war claiming that they did a corageous thing but realy they did nothing. Reality is that most men are afraid to admit that they are scared when they are sent off to battle and that instead of performing an corageous act they did jobs that every other man in combat did. Instead of stories and embracing the glory of war we should talk about the positives of war. We should discuss how being afraid brought men together to protecet one another and become brothers those are stories that should be told.
The dentist is a brief chaapter, but reveals the pride of a man. See Lemon admits that he had bad experiences with the dentist anf he not going to go in the ten. He faints before the dentist lays a finger on him. Its ironic because he faces death everyday and takes life everyday but, he is afraid of something that helps him. He is to in fact probably scared of death but he doesnt figh in the heat of battle. He goesa back to the tent because he has a toothache but the dentist cant find anything wrong with him he demands the tooth be yanked out. when his teeth is yanked out maybe he feels that he has prove that he isnt afraid of the dentist. The only reason why he performed this action is beacuse he is ashamed of what the men might think of him.
Good assessment of the role of stories and war.
ReplyDeletePride is painful isn't it! Yes, this is true irony. I hate the dentist too, but war would be a bit worse I think.