"And the father wrote, 'Please don't
write such depressing letters. You're upsetting
your mother.'" - Larry Rottman
I personally enjoyed this poem the most because I could understand it completely by reading through it only once. Plus, it was very interesting and thought-provoking. I love it when I read a poem and immediately can relate to the implied theme and the purpose for which it was written. Anyway, I believe the theme of this poem is that although most Americans act as if they know what is going on during war, we sort of put the entire situation on the back shelf. We hide the thought of war from ourselves and refuse to actually embrace what war means. We don't want to actually know how bad it can get and we just want the immediate satisfaction of men serving overseas for our country and the good of society. It is sad to think that even the soldier knew that what was going on where he was would be upsetting for his mother to hear. Then, when he was convinced to actually explain in detail what was happening where he was, the situation was too much for his mother to hear. Our society is like this. We haven't actually experienced in our lifetimes a war held on our own turf. For this very reason we are almost oblivious to what terrible things occur during a war.
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