Episode+of+War+Poem

I thought that this story was a great description of what it was like during the Civil War. The idea of getting a limb amputated is very scary to me and i think I would have a really hard time living if I was missing a limb. I would also want to use that missing limb even more if I had it amputated because I would no longer have it. I guess you really don't know how lucky you are to have limbs, until you loose one. Crane shows that even these tough soliders from the Civil War had some of the same fears. I thought it was good showing of the fear and finality of even a pretty minor wound in todays sense. It shows how different war has moved from back then to today. I really didn't understand the ending though. I really dont know what anybody should be shamefaced about. He was a wounded veteran in a great war that changed our country, so he should have been treated with respect and been proud of himself for being a big part of what he believed in. And I also think that this story has absolutley no relation to the meaning of life. I really don't think you need to go any deeper than the surface to find what Crane was trying to say in this poem. 1205283533

I agree with dte, I thought that this story was a great depiction of what it was really like during the Civil War. If someone shot me while I was just going about my daily duties and they had to amputate my arm would scare the crap out of me. Plus I would want to do things with that arm because I would want too just cause I don’t have it anymore. Having arms and legs are just another thing that most people take for granted that is until you have to have one cut off. I think that Crane is showing us that these tough guy soldiers who fought in the big war at the time had these fears. I thought it was strange what they had to do for just a small wound by today’s standards. I think this really show how war has changes from then to today. I thought the ending was pretty good and strange at the same time. I thought it was weird that his family was ashamed that he was shot and had to have his arm cut off. He was an injured soldier in a huge war that really altered our country. I think that he should have been treated with respect and people should have been proud of him for fighting and doing what he did. I liked the way he handled confronting his family thought he saw them and they were just in awe and were “shamefaced” and he just like what ever it happened and it isn’t growing back get over it which I thought was a pretty cool way of handling it. 1205361541