"So, after a while,/ the young man wrote,/ "Dear Mom, sure rains alot here." PAGE 846
The poem contained ironic situations. The irony was that the soldier knew what war was really like because he was experiencing it. It was also ironic that his mother wanted to know what was really happening in the war. When she actually heard, she did not want to know. I think that this irony provides a truth about war. As Americans at home, we have a glorified view of war. We think about soldiers fighting for our freedom, but we do not consider what that actually entails. The irony in this poem points out that most people do not know what war really is. The irony also reveals another truth related to other parts of life. I think that it is a similar stuation to when people ask a question but do not want to hear the truth, like "How does my hair look?" when you just want everyone to say "good." The irony puts the idea into perspective however, because being at war is more serious than the everyday questions we pose to those around us.
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