Since the end of WW1, there have been 260 major wars in the world and they all have one thing in common: stories, specifically war stories. War stories have great importance in education and learning about the things people endure while in war. The Things They Carried by Tim O’Brian and The Wound Dresser by Walt Whitman give us a great perspective of what races through people's minds and what is important to them while in war. War has been all over the world and has been very impactful. It is important to understand and read war stories and the effects it can have on people. War is an extremely traumatizing event for most. It is full of loud, blood-curdling noises; for example, there is constant gunfire, bombing, screams of agony, and yelling, but war can be exciting.…show more content… The pride you get knowing you are serving your country and that you are sacrificing yourself for the greater good. But is it worth it? Is putting yourself through hell just to protect millions worth it? “War is hell, but that's not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love. War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead.” (The Things They Carried, O’Brian) This quote gives a good understanding of just how a soldier sees war. They see it as adventurous, prideful, and courageous, their actions are courageous but it's nasty and terrorizing the fear, the gut-wrenching fear one is indulging
