Reaction To War Letters

            
             I am really glad that I was introduced to this book called War Letters. The book really gives focus on the emotional side of males. It has been long known that men, on many occasions, have trouble expressing their feeling, and ultimately what they want. In this extraordinary work, the accounts and recollections of the soldiers really give the reader a sense of how wartime was at that time. For example, a description of a Civil War battle is very different from a Korean War battle, and it is fairly able to recognize because of the unique wording of the soldiers. Overall this book really gives insight to the different male emotions and gives the reader an idea of the price that ordinary men pay to make us enjoy the freedom that we have today.
             The men who bring us the riveting tales of war are no different from any ordinary citizen today. These men were bound by their willingness for freedom in the stage of battle and would let nothing stop them to achieve this freedom. The men are fathers, brothers, and sons who are off fighting for their families and fighting for the freedom that their family currently has. Aside from some legendary figures such as, Clara Barton, Teddy Roosevelt, and Douglas MacArthur, theses letters are primarily common soldiers or marines. Most of the men writing are scared and homesick, with only these letters to keep their spirits high. They write of the hardships of battle in very descriptive wording. They write of their love for their wife and children, or girlfriend. The words in the letters, though, are so sincere and moving in most cases that it seems very unlikely that, in fact, a male did write this heart-felt letter. Their only hope is that the war they are involved in will be finished soon and they can be back in the loving arms of their families. The also write of the desolate loneliness that seems to consume their life day after day. As if these feelings of pain and anguish aren't enough, the men are forced to be in unfamiliar environments, whose temperature, terrain, and insufferable conditions continually beat down the soldier's willingness to triumph over his enemy.