War is traditionally described as being solely ugly and grotesque but there are glimmers that the eye gets in war of pure bliss as well. It is hard to fathom that an event could be so powerful in the evilest way possible that the brain translates it to being the most pleasing thing one has ever seen. It may seem impossible, like the eye is playing tricks on the brain, and the mere act of looking away would seem incomprehensible. Those are the beautiful moments. Like when a wildfire is racing through the woods with a red flame so potent, one’s eyes start burning. The fire is so evil and destructive, yet beautiful, like the holiest of angels. It is like an atomic bomb exploding into the thin air with grey and white tones and the texture of a cloud. There is a hypnotic power the fire and the atomic bomb have over the viewer, a hypnosis that they will so selfishly not give up since that would mean freeing the viewer from their captivity.
It can be seen as embarrassing to view such a horrible event in a beautiful way since the immediate humane response is “supposed” to be sadness for such mass destruction. O’Brien states, “You can tell a true war story if it embarrasses you.“ So the soldiers might question their own sense of morality and say, “Am I such a bad person to think that something so aweful is, at the same time, the most magnificently beautiful thing I have ever seen?” However, this sense of amazement one gets at mass destruction is a productive reaction because it means that one can break free of social standards and give in to their own natural response without the influence of society interfering.
Bibliography:"Imgur: The Most Awesome Images on the Internet." Imgur. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 Mar. 2016.
This is seriously poetry!!!
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