Rage of war among the nations.

  The Rage of War

   Often, we get filled with feelings of utmost rage and anger upon hearing the news of the martyrdom of our soldiers.  The reason for this Rage and anger is our sensitivity towards them and love for the nation.  But this sensitivity is not so intense in our everyday life as it is after their martyrdom especially.  On hearing the news of martyrdom, a volcano of anger towards the enemy reaches the peak in our hearts and minds.  And we start expecting war or military action from the government and our military institutions to avenge the martyrdom of our soldiers as soon as possible, we want that some soldiers of the enemy  should be killed, they must also bear same pain that we are experiencing, we become so positive towards war that our thinking dominates us.  And we start thinking that we will turn enemy's territory into  speck of dust and  erase its name and mark from this world. Just once this war starts.

This rage and anger keep boiling in the mind of every countryman until some other big event takes place or like in these days some social  media story breakout and divert this rage.  But we often forget to ask the most important question of all ,

 whether a soldier wants war.???

 Let us try to understand this emotion of a soldier through the poem written by Thomas hardy “ The man he killed”

I still remember the day, when i first got to read this poem  around 4 years back during my graduation as a freshman. That time it was just a usual syllabus for me to get through.

But  nowdays living in this rage of war,  i completely understand what it really meant and what poet wants to convey.

The poem begins like this.

“Had he and I but met

      By some old ancient inn,

We should have set us down to wet

Right many a nipperkin! nipperkin.

      “But ranged as infantry,

       And staring face to face,

   I shot at him as he at me,

     And killed him in his place. 

      “I shot him dead because--

        Because he was my foe,

    Just so: my foe of course he was;

       That's clear enough; although 

      “He thought he'd 'list, perhaps,

         Off-hand like--just as I---

 Was out of work--had sold his traps--- 

           No other reason why. 

      “ Yes; quaint and curious war is! 

           You shoot a fellow down

    You'd treat, if met where any bar is,

             Or help to half a crown.”

                      

                               --Thomas hardy ¹⁹⁰²

'The Man He Killed' is a narrative poem about the war and enmity between the two countries without reason.

 Now lets summaries “The Man He Killed” 

Stanza by stanza

"If only we'd met in some old pub, we would have sat down and shared many a beer!

"But I met him on the battlefield, each of us aiming at the other. We both took aim and fired, but he missed, while my shot killed him where he stood.

"I shot him dead because... well, because he was the enemy, that's all. He was the one I was supposed to shoot, obviously.

"Then again, he'd probably joined his army in similar circumstances to me, on a kind of whim. He was probably out of work at the time, just like I was. He'd probably had to sell his belongings—I can't think why else he would have enlisted.

"Yup, war is a very strange thing! You end up shooting someone who you'd get along well with in a bar—who you'd even give money if they needed it.

War destroys communities and families and often disrupts the development of the social and economic fabric of nations. The effects of war include long-term physical and psychological harm to children and adults, as well as reduction in material and human capital.

 

So do not outrage for war because  we live in the modern era of society there are several other diplomatic methods to bring down your enemy to his knees.