The first few chapters of this book describes its interesting characters. Most of these characters had a comfortable life before the war and now they are being forced to kill and live under pressuring conditions of being killed at anytime. They are afraid of dying, and that does not make them cowards, they are victims. For example, Hungry Joe used to be a photographer for Life magazine, and now he screams at night and keeps waiting for his documents to go back home, which keep on being postponed and will never come. There's also Doc Daneeka who keeps complaining about how this war took him away from his clinic back home where he was making good money.
The question I pose is, are they heroes?
I think so. They are sent to a place where they have to kill people and do their best to survive. Most of them don't want to be there and yet they are forced to. Such events can change a person's life even after the war is over, and if they are capable of staying alive then they certainly are heroes.
Friday, January 25
A Group Of Heroes
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It is understandable that they don’t want to be fighting this war. War is always associated with misery and suffering that no one wants to experience. The average person would probably complain and whine about how bad their lives at war are. Those who are above average have more strength to deal with the live that they have now. Those are the people that should be considered more heroic. I like how you presented a question and then tried to answer it.
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