Letter To Stanley Analysis

I choose to read this letter because it appealed to me because of soldier’s feeling toward the war. He started his letter to his wife, Roberta, by stating “Today is probably the worst day I have ever lived in my entire, short life” and when he continues writing it shows how depressed and questions his faith along his time in the Vietnam “I keep asking myself if there is a God, then how the hell come young men with so much to live for have to die.” One of the hardest things that soldiers experienced during war was losing their friends during war. Stanley describes that this is his worst day in his entire life, because he lost his best friend and , even worst, he was only twenty two years old and was having his R&R (rest and recuperation) on the first of June to meet his wife in Hawaii, so a week before he sees his wife. Stanley was two years older than his best friend and he hopes, but he’s unsure of seeing his wife again “You know, I can still feel his presence as I write this letter and hope that I am able to survive and leave this far behind me..” The war affected Stanley more than words can describe it; I feel that he’s praying from the sunrise till the sunset to see his wife and kids again, but his words show that he might not make to see them, but he gives them hope that he will, “I promise I will do everything necessary to insure that I make …show more content…
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By reading some information about Vietnam War, I know that the most veterans did succeed in making the transition to ordinary civilian life, but many also didn’t. More Vietnam veterans committed suicide after the war than had died in it. Even more--perhaps three-quarters of a million--became part of the lost army of the