My observations on war obersvations

Recently i have read and watched a lot of material on wars. Through the soldiers' letter assignment and Slaughter House Five in college lit; as well as viewing Schindler's list for Film Theory. no matter what kind of account it be, there are always different interpretations of the war.

With the letters home from the Civil War, most of the letters were basic information because there was no news besides these letters. As time progressed, it seemed to get more in depth. But what i found interesting, there were no accounts bashing the enemy like you would see in Hollywood. The simply acknowledged who they were fighting and went on talking about more important things.

As with most things, war is relative. If you ever take a second to think about what the German soldiers were fighting for, they were fighting for economic freedom and a prosperous German nation; not all were fighting for the destruction of Jews. Hitler had an idea of liberating the German citizens from poverty to help aid his final plan. Granted his motives were flawed, but his means to supply his armies through manufacturing during the 1930's was a Godsend for Germany.

War, along with everything else, is relative. you learn a lot more from looking at the subject matter from the oppositions eyes, than merely defending your idea.

A slight similarity

As i read through chapters three and four, i made a minute connection to what Billy was going through on the train. he was herded onto the train car like cattle and only recognized by the number on the outside of the car. in order to keep the car clean he has to become a "dumper" and they share the floor space for sleeping. Though no where near the gruesomeness of his ordeal, is that of students attending a large school. They are only known by scores and numbers, having to create friendships and alliances to keep going. It is necessary for them to cooperate together in order to maintain a workings community.

this is just one thing i noticed while reading. obviously it is under different circumstances and different means of survival, but something similar.