Throughout our lives, we go through many experiences. Those experiences change us to be who we are right now. We might not know it, but the smallest and the very biggest experiences we go through make us believe what we believe. However, no matter what you have gone through it will never be the same as the people who have gone to war and experience what it is like. The book All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque, The movie War Horse by Michael Morpurgo, the poem “War is Kind” by Stephen crane, The research article Long-Term Course of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and the article Consequences for the US Military all have the same theme. The book All Quiet On The Western Front shows many examples of when outsiders don't
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After serving in the war, many veterans are affected because of the experiences and distress that is caused. During their experience, they will struggle with images of violence that will follow them wherever they go hunting their thoughts. Many of the effects are because what they experience, suffering facing the fear that they might die at any second. With this thought in their head, the soldiers will tend to not relate to the problems that the people who have not experienced or seen war have. causes them to be different than the rest of the world feeling like there is a barrier between their view of the world and those who haven't experienced or seen war. The poem "War is Kind", by Stephen Crane is a poem representing and trying to comfort the ones that are home knowing that someone they know is out there fighting in the war. The poem quotes “ These men were born to drill and die…The unexplained glory flies above them…. a field where a thousand corpses lie… Do not weep War is kind.” (Crane, 6). In this quote from the poem itself first reflects on the parts that are straightforward, giving people a taste of what war is like when it mentions a thousand corpses lying, but however after that line, the poet Stephen Crane shows sympathy after a harsh line saying “do not weep, war is kind”. This poem is displaying the two different realities of war, the reality the soldiers see, and the reality people want to see. The society of Federal Health Professionals (AMSUS) described that after the soldiers have experienced war they will have severe issues causing them to act and think differently. Many of what causes them to feel desensitized are the long-term course of PTSD and many more issues that are gained throughout the process of going through the war. Within the research article, it tested multiple veterans that have undergone war, discovering the impacts that they have gone through and
After serving in the war, many veterans are affected because of the experiences and distress that is caused. During their experience, they will struggle with images of violence that will follow them wherever they go hunting their thoughts. Many of the effects are because what they experience, suffering facing the fear that they might die at any second. With this thought in their head, the soldiers will tend to not relate to the problems that the people who have not experienced or seen war have. causes them to be different than the rest of the world feeling like there is a barrier between their view of the world and those who haven't experienced or seen war. The poem "War is Kind", by Stephen Crane is a poem representing and trying to comfort the ones that are home knowing that someone they know is out there fighting in the war. The poem quotes “ These men were born to drill and die…The unexplained glory flies above them…. a field where a thousand corpses lie… Do not weep War is kind.” (Crane, 6). In this quote from the poem itself first reflects on the parts that are straightforward, giving people a taste of what war is like when it mentions a thousand corpses lying, but however after that line, the poet Stephen Crane shows sympathy after a harsh line saying “do not weep, war is kind”. This poem is displaying the two different realities of war, the reality the soldiers see, and the reality people want to see. The society of Federal Health Professionals (AMSUS) described that after the soldiers have experienced war they will have severe issues causing them to act and think differently. Many of what causes them to feel desensitized are the long-term course of PTSD and many more issues that are gained throughout the process of going through the war. Within the research article, it tested multiple veterans that have undergone war, discovering the impacts that they have gone through and