Contradictions of War in the Things They Carried/Real Life

Alison Schiffner Contradictions of war 10/20/12 To most battalion war is a way that we settle disputes with other nations, hardly they begettert fully understand the intricate details that go on with it. Its not just about the guns, gernades and tanks, it brings out different aspects of passs personalities and I recollect should be more focused on the hardships that individual and groups of soldiers endure. The horrific situations that soldiers undergo can cause different types of actions that they would take because war is contradictory.Soldiers experience unthinkable stress that can make them appear weak or strong. Which is the biggest contradiction that war presents war makes you strong and war makes you weak. There are many examples which can easily be found in the book The things they carried by Tim Obrien. Two stories that demonstrate it best are the man I killed and speaking of courage. Looking back through history also farther promotes the idea, like when America created the atomic attack, and started a draft.Tim Obrian was a soldier in the **** he was young and didnt want to go to war, alone he had to. During his term he killed a young vietnemese soldier, even though thats what he was sent there to do, his kind heart couldnt forgive himself for doing something so terrible. His gut mistrict to throw the grenade gave him strength, because throwing something at someone with the designing to kill someone is something that majority of people will not be able to follow through with.This burst of courage gave him the strength to hold back his life. But after he killed him and the adrenalin thinned out in his veins he became weak. This is displayed by the dialogue, which on his part was entirely absent. Kiowa spent sestet hours telling him he did the right thing and they needed to move out, but Tim sat there staring at the body unresponsive. It shows that the sight of a dead body alone was too much for him to handle. To his platoon he appeare d inadequit.Individual soldiers are exceptional demonstrations of the contradiction, looking back at history and the military military force as a full-length also establishes the inconsistency just as well. America produced the strongest fire power that the world has ever seen when creating the atomic bomb which its sheer power was enough to wipe out a whole city in one blow. The strength that America obtained from the bomb was not seen until after the use, but even during the production fear of American had been greatly increasing. Though our Amunition was top notch.