1. Write a sentence that summarizes the story’s overall message, and provide three direct quotes from the story that best illustrate this message.
The overall message of the story is that war isn’t noble— it’s just mindless killing.
"But war! Is it
glorious to break the peace of the world?"
"You just expected him to kill
some one else, some of those foreigners, that weren't
there because they had any say about it, but because
they had to be there, poor wretches--conscripts, or
whatever they call 'em. You thought it would be all
right for my George, your George, to kill the sons of
those miserable mothers and the husbands of those
girls that you would never see the faces of."
"I thank my God he didn't live to do it! I thank my
God they killed him first, and that he ain't livin' with
their blood on his hands!"
2. What tactics does Editha use to make George believe as she does about the war?
She used her love to make him believe in the war. Editha knew that he would do anything for her, so she exploited his affection. She basically told him in the letter that if he didn’t have faith in war, she wouldn’t marry him.
3. Is there ever a time in which Editha truly understands what she has done? Does she ever experience an epiphany?
During the end, when she has the conversation with George’s mother, she understands what she had done. The last paragraph states that, “The mystery that had bewildered her was solved by the word; and from that moment she rose from grovelling in shame and self-pity, and
began to live again in the ideal.” This was when she had her epiphany and finally understood her actions and the truth about war.
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