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He writes in his war’s storytelling book “Il Sergente nella neve” (The sergeant in the snow): “In war, when everything seems to fall and die, a simple act, a word, a little fact, is sufficient to rise hope and life.” His book begs us to reflect on the absurdity of war and violence. Furthermore, on brotherhood and camaraderie and on how a simple act of kindness or a word of love can change desperate battle field situations restoring hope and life. Maybe there is place for love even into the dramatic dimension of war, in our deep inner self we are naturally made by love and for love. A world’ symbol of peace is best impersonated by Ghandi. One of his quotes says: “I do not notice either heroism nor sacrifice in destroying lives and properties either for offense nor defense;” which translates the idea of the non-sense of war and violence. Although this answer leads to another inquiry, such as, is passive resistance the solution or do we need to shift paradigms trying to understand why wars are a constant in human history, additionally, if recovering a sense of community versus individualism could open a path to possible
