I Want To Run Analysis

The narrator’s conflict and motives for his actions were that he was embarrassed, because he was deciding to run away instead of going to war. I personally think that the narrator was right in wanting to flee instead of fight too, because I would not want to witness young boys and men being killed in front of me. Also I would not want to kill young boys and men. Another reason I would flee is the fact that I am a coward and do not want to risk my own life to kill other people. Finally I would flee because I would not pass up the option to go to college or to have a family. A quote that I agree or disagree with is “ My conscience told me to run, but some irrational and powerful force was resisting; like a weight pushing me toward the war. What it came down to, stupidly, was a sense of shame.” I agree with this quote because it lets us into what the narrator was thinking and feeling, it also shows us how the narrator’s brain is telling him something he knows is the rational thing to do, but he see it as an irrational situation. I also agree with the quote because I feel that if I was in the same situation, I would experience the same feelings of my conscience telling me to run, but the part of my brain that can see reason telling me that I should do the right thing and go to war. …show more content…
I disagree with this, because if you choose to go to war you should see your decision through and not just go and be like “ Oh, I came just because it was my job or duty to come.” If I was in the situation where I had made up my mind that I was going to go to war and I would fight because that is what I choose to do. I would also do my best at fighting and staying alive, and if my best was not good enough to where I got injured or killed than so be