Death For Your Country
Is it glorious to die for your country?.... This question has been posed to many young people about to embark on war although the answer has usually been 'yes' in response to their country due mainly to the fact that the government instills it in the people of the country to support one's country and one way is to send young abled bodied men into the army. If you were one individual that was not in favour of fighting for your country you would surely become an outcast by the countries people. To avoid ridicule and becoming outcasted by the people living around you, you would join the army just in the thought that you were obligated to for the sole sake of your country. Such thoughts were reinforced by the government promotion of propaganda. Glorifying death is not needed to be taught and should be up to the sole individual. School systems should teach an unbiased point of view of war to enable the child to make their own decision to fight for one's country. Within the education system it was instructed to the teachers to teach the children at a young age during the brink of war to
give the signal for the charge. When the signal was given the the soldiers, instead the soldiers just wanted to survive their tour their country against the enemy. Teachers showed being in a army was representing honour and the pride of the country. Guilt was laid on attacked and threat of death was present that would be another story Trench warfare is when many soldiers of opposing countries similar enviroments that resembled the battle fields of where the
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Death Country, battle fields, gun fire, machine gun fire, enemies trench, constant bombardment, attacking army, counter attacks, mortar shelling, thousands soldiers, one's country, machine gun,
Approximate Word count = 1123
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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