Reality Versus Glorification of War: Close Readings from Here, Bullet Anonymous College

How often does the average person hear the truth about war? See the destruction and lives it takes? Does the media show the bodies lying on the roads lifeless and dismembered? Or is it only those who fight the wars and are on the frontlines that have to experience the heartache and destruction that is war? Every day, our society is bombarded with images of war. From ages as early as five and six, children are shown movies, television shows and given video games that tell them war is glorious, that it's fun, and that it is an honor to fight a war against another country for the honor of your own country. The highest grossing games in the video game market in twenty seventeen are those that include guns, blood, and violence. Essentially, children that are involved in and shown violence from a young age grow into adults that glorify and instigate war because their morals and beliefs develop in a culture of war. In a New York Times Book Review article referenced on the back of Brian Turners Here, Bullet, a reviewer said that "the day of the first moonwalk, [his] father's college literature professor told his class, ‘someday they'll send a poet, and well find out what its really like'" (New York Times Book Review). Therefore,...