Analysis Of Joshua St. Onge's Essay 'Global Voices'

Do americans take everything they have for granted? They never appreciate what they have today. Joshua St. Onge talks about how Americans take things for granted, and how soldiers see the horrors of third world countries in his essay “Global Voices” Joshua talks about a man training for a combat zone in a third world country. The man and his fellow soldiers became a family, they had each other’s back. All the comfort they had was within each other. The soldiers were afraid of what may happen when they go to a third world country. They feared of never returning to the life they once had. They were going somewhere they didn’t know what the outcome would be. The soldiers sacrificed their lives to help those in need. When they were finished training, they began their long journey to Iraq. They were all anxious of what was about to …show more content…
They wanted to do better than the rest, and make their country proud. The soldiers a month into deployment really discovered true poverty. The Iraqi children were undereducated, tired, not fed. These kids were living in the middle of a battle zone. The kids work to help with money and women are sold as property, these people really are going through the worst. The soldiers couldn’t have known what a third world country was until they saw how truly horrible it was. This experience completely changed the way they looked at the world. Americans really take for granted the opportunities they have. The realization of all the things America has, the things they’ve surrounded themselves with, things that don’t make them happy. The things that make Americans happy compared to what make the Iraqi people happy are totally different. Knowing all it takes is a pen to make the Iraqi children happy and grateful for what they have. Every American in our Democratic society has a seat at the theoretical table. Third world countries only dream of having a seat at that