Response on war by luigi irony and comments assignment

As all the other parents are just complaining and being depressed of how their children are in the war and they have no idea when they will return or not. But the fat man is forcing himself to put on a false mask and seemingly act how he feels pride that his son fought for the country and the sacrifice of his son was because he was protecting the country which is something that should be treated dignity and respect. The fat traveler also says that his son is glad how he ended his life in such a way.

By acting prudent he tries to comfort himself and transform the sadness into proudness. In the end he fails as he starts “ uncontrollable” sobbing and became “ horribly distorted” as he realizes “ his son was really dead…gone forever… forever…” This is an irony because it is exactly the opposite how the situation would be like. This man should not be crying he should be thanking God how he described earlier about how his son “ ended his life in the best way he could” and hot knowing “ the ugly sides of life…. bitterness of disillusion”.

This is the period of your life where you should be enjoying everything and experiencing everything. However, the fat traveler’s son spent his best ages and last times in a war. No one would call that a nice memory in your early adulthood. Nonetheless, as parents this is a truth that is unacceptable. Other comments that the story makes is the point of how a sudden insight or realization of the truth is very hurtful and devastating (the loss of a son is not easily recovered). The fat man thought by being optimistic and wise he could relieve some of the grief of losing his son. But this proves to be a mistake.

The fat man tries so hard to persuade himself into believing that “ our children do not belong to us, they belong to the country…” and”… they die inflames and happy. Now, if one dies young and happy without having the ugly sides of life…. ” Nevertheless he did not succeed. A “ fat, red-faced man with bloodshot eyes” whose “ bulging eyes seemed to spurt inner violence of an uncontrolled vitality…” transformed immediately into a man whose “ missing teeth was trembling” and ” bulging, horribly watery light grey eyes” suddenly “ broke into harrowing, heart rending, uncontrollable sobs. He cannot believe that his son was gone forever. And the realization of this fact completely turned him down and beat him hard to the ground. This father has poured tremendous energy in constructing the facade that he hides his grief behind. In the end he turned to look at these people before whom he has so strongly defended the war. This shows that it is extremely challenging to extricate oneself from the mourning of the loss of a family member in particularly one’s child. And the sudden realization of a truth that you are unwilling to accept the aftermath is too dreadful to contemplate.