It has caused us and our next generations loose the balance of the value in our lives. If everyone in the world adopts the Americans’ idea that becoming materialistic or rich is what we want to pursue for live better, only one earth is definitely not enough to support everything we need. It is urgent to bring back the enduring values on faith, family, responsibility, generosity and friendship to guide this country before we can not fix the balance. More importantly, the earth is already become worse than before. The environmental pollution in most countries is really bad, and natural calamities happen frequently.
“’Too much blood has been spilled where you are going. Even the good spirits have fled from that place’” (Beah 12). People no longer felt safety in places that they had lived for so long, so everyone was constantly in fear. All who were not killed or captured by the rebels were forced to move out of fear of that happening to them or their loved ones. Taking from the point that no one was safe staying where they were anymore leads us into the next point that people were no longer able to settle down, people were constantly on the run in fear of being captured or killed.
These stories are disgusting. War should not be the result of any conflict as there are many issues that arise with it; brutal human deaths being one of the more tragic. The violence between these two sides, disrupted civilians’ peaceful way of life, which was another major issue. During the early 1980s, large numbers
Money. But because not everyone is that lucky and can not all be born into riches. With the little they have they want more. They hold grudges for the rich because there not like them, and want to become like them and will stop at no means possible to get what they want. The wealthy tend to use money as power.
People in the world thought the war will not affect their life, which they are wrong as it could affect everything in their life. War is unpredictable force that couldn't be treat with such a simple solution, as it requires complicated and difficult solution. The only things war provides to us is a temporary peace and more corrupt conflict. Paper Lace use their song, " Billy Don't Be A Hero", to bring up the issues about war. According to " Billy Don't Be A Hero' lyric, "Don't be a fool with your life.
He actually committed genocide, something he clearly did not want to do. Another example is, “ ‘Of course we tricked you into it. That’s the whole point,’ said Graff. ‘It had to be a trick or you couldn’t have done it… But somebody with that much compassion could never be the killer we needed. Could never go into battle willing to win at all costs.
The war, so far, wasn't working out for anyone. It had only concluded that the biggest country in the world wasn't as big and powerful as people first thought. The petition would help end the war, which was why many people joined the peaceful march, in hope of ending such a pointless thing. There was also a constant short supply of food, meaning famine’s were common in both the countryside and in cities. The pressure for food was high, and the food itself was in high demand.