Editha was engaged to a man named George Gearson. A war had begun and Editha became excited about the concept of having a hero for a husband.

Editha, right away started encouraging George to sign up for the war, she believed it was his patriotic duty as an American. George did not believe in war and was raised to be passive. George's father had lost his arm in the Civil war and his mother did not want him to suffer the same thing. His father and mother together decided to discourage George from going to any war.

George and Editha got in a heated argument about the war and their different opinions and he left to go out. George told her he would come back for dinner. At this point Editha co

This story was tragic because a man lost his life trying to prove his love for a woman who really only wanted him around as a showpiece. Editha does not realize what love really is and what is saddest of all is poor George died for it.

This story is about human emotions with the war looming heavily in the background. Editha wants George to go to war, but not really because she thinks it is his civic duty as she implies. Editha wants George to go to war because she thinks he should prove himself to her. Editha wants George to go to war for the completion of her idea of him. She feels that she deserves the best and that a war hero would be a nice conversation piece to have dinner parties.

In the end, Editha is having her picture painted and the lady doing the painting is commenting on how George's mother treated Editha. She remarks that it was cruel of the woman to treat Editha that way after Editha got up out of her sick bed to go all that way to comfort her. Up until this point Editha had been depressed about what George's mother had said to her and maybe was even questioning whether any of it was true. The remarks this lady said made her feel better and she went back to her old self, with no remorse in what she had said or done to cause the death of George.

George's mother blamed Editha for everything. The letter that Editha had given George had made its way back to the states and into the hands of George's mother. Now George's mother blamed her for his death and said that she pushed George to go to war. She said that George would have never gone on his own. This shocked Editha and she did not know what to say.

George went out to a bar that night and had a few too many drinks with his friends. After a few drinks he became a little more patriotic and signed up for the war and even encouraged his friends to do the same. His friends even nicknamed him Captain because of his leadership in encouraging them to sign up.

George sh

Some common words found in the essay are:
George Editha, Editha George, Editha Editha, American George, George Gearson, Iowa George's, Editha's George, george's mother, , editha george, george war, war editha, editha george war, editha editha, george's mother blamed, mother happen, death george, dies war, war mother, editha sick, george war george,
Approximate Word count = 1327
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)