The war can be a very tough on a
person. It is obvious that a war will put a toll on your body physically, but I
think it will affect you more emotionally. You could definitely see that in the
movie we watched called “Platoon”.
The quote that says we did not
fight the enemy, we fought ourselves is a very true statement. Yes, they were
obviously still trying to fight the enemy, but they were fighting with
themselves more than anything. When in the war, you see a lot of things that
you will never see anywhere else. You see hundreds of dead people, hundreds of
injured soldiers just sitting there with a wound and there is nothing they can
do. You are in so much danger and you could be the one getting shot at any
moment. You become very good friends with all these people and it just kills
you mentally when you see one of them go down.
All of these factors will affect
you mentally to a point where you can’t even function anymore. You completely
lose focus on fighting the actual enemy. You pretty much find a reason to get
mad because you can’t take it anymore. So you end up getting mad at your fellow
soldiers. Sometimes you and another soldier have a different opinion or think
something should’ve been done differently. You might end up killing him because
you are so messed up mentally from all the tragic events you have been through
already.
Even when the war is done, you can’t
go back home and live a normal life and be happy again. You might think or hope
these memories will go away, but these they will live on with you until the day
you die. Pretty much every soldier goes through what is called PTSD (post-traumatic
stress disorder). This is where people have flashbacks and nightmares about the
bad memories they had from war. They end up going to psychotherapists and take
medicine to help but sometimes this won’t even help any. This can also lead to
suicide because you can’t deal with all the depression and sadness you are
going through.
I really enjoyed watching this
movie. It was very sad to watch but it was really an eye opening experience. It
really showed you in full detail what it is like to be in a war. You get to see
all the hardships the soldiers face and the pain and agony that goes through
them. I honestly don’t think that I would ever be able to be a war veteran.
There is no way I would any help. I would be in complete shock if I see people
getting shot and lying there helplessly. I get sick to the stomach when I see
people break a bone let alone people bleeding to death.
I have so much respect for all of
the war veterans that have been fighting. It takes a lot of guts to go out and
do what they do and you seriously can’t thank them enough.