Iraq War :: essays research papers

Friday-January 16, 2004- 400p.m I was watch Oprah and a particular story struck me. It was astir(predicate) these young brides in India who were being burned alive by their husbands because they have become a burden. Before these women are married off, their husbands receive dowries from the brides family, when the family quarter no long-lasting meet up with his demands-he sets his wife on fire, in hopes of her dying, and he entrust eventually marry another bride and obtain more(prenominal) dowry. These women are veto from society and are nothing but worthless beings-they become understood voiceless shadows. This happens to thousands of women everyday. It is the power rear end such stories that makes me ponder and become more aware about this world. Similarly the literature of Vietnam has been an eye opener and a gravedigger, opening up my eyes to what happened in Nam and exposing the bones left behind in the stories. It has given me another view of the Iraq War. Human natu re can be hard to alter whether its a soldier from Vietnam or a soldier involved in Iraq they share a similar earth of mind.      In The Things They Carried Tim O Brien describes the Night Life of the soldiers. In particular there is a story about the gradual mental break down of Rat Kiley. "He couldnt rest period during the hot day light hours he couldnt cope with the nights." (p.222) As succession progressed the war was definitely necessitateting to him "the days arent so bad, but at night the pictures get to be a bitch. I start sightedness my own body. Chunks of myselfI can see the goddamn bugs chewing tunnels with meits too much. I cant keep seeing myself dead."(p.223) In the end the exactly way for Kiley to escape was to shoot himself in the leg and get picked up by the choppers. The effect of war is no different on the mentality of a soldier serving in Iraq. The war behind consumes the mind, body, and most deadly the soul. Once it st arts to eat away it leaves a constant scar.      When the war starts to eat away the soul, many times soldiers resort to committing suicide. match to a New York Times article published on January 15, 2004 --U.S. Soldiers self-destruction Rate Is Up in Iraq. "U.S. soldiers in Iraq are killing themselves at a high rate despite the work of special teams direct to help troops deal with combat stress, the Pentagons top doctor verbalize Wednesday.