Just got off the plane from war. Happiest moment of my live . Tears in my mom's eyes, go up to my dad and he gives me a firm handshake the pulls me in for a tight hug.
A week later, I got to see everyone my parents had a return party. Now I'm just at my house its good to be home but I can tell times have changed.
A week later, I got to see everyone my parents had a return party. Now I'm just at my house its good to be home but I can tell times have changed.
A month later, my parents work long hours so I'm just home by myself, the dinner table conversations are awkward and silent. I can’t talk about what i really want to.
Another month passes bills are getting rough and I can’t get a job I have been to several interviews but I just can't.
A year later my parents can’t support me anymore. I have to move out on the streets. There's no hope for me.
War is a struggle because a majority of people are affected by war, either by a loved one, neighbors, people who live in war zones, or if you go to war yourself. Whether it's the United States or another country it affects it economically, socially, and mentally. Thousands of lives are lost at war, some of those lives supported a family, some are innocent bystanders, some died mentally towards the war by PTSD and there fighter instincts are still intact when they come home, somes houses and towns destroyed and some commit suicide when they get home (22 Veterans a day commit suicide). Even when the do come home it's hard for veterans to maintain or even a job that supports them or their families. In the The Things They Carried shows how hard it is to make the adjustment from war to modern day life in Speaking of Courage. War isn’t always a winner or loser sometimes were both losers.
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