Bonus Blog!

I guess when I think about our readings on Imperialism, the first and most bizarre thing that comes to my mind is the character Editha.  She as a person distresses me.  I felt I related to George's mother because of the fact that my Grandfather was in the army.  Editha's push for George to join a war he did not want to join absolutely puzzled me.  I guess the fact that she was so symbolic of America made sense though.  Her lack of right mind all made it clear though.  I feel like in most war families, the man or the one at war is the one often not in the right state of mind due to his or her war experiences and here I feel as though it was a flip flop.  The note she writes to George is another thing that puzzled me.  "There is no honor above America with me."  This was very normal for the time though, I believe.  America was, and still is, peoples number one priority.  Just like in The War Prayer by Mark Twain, even though it was very sarcastic, it is shown the overwhelming love and devotion for the country.  Although The War Prayer was written ironically, it is still quite true.  The overwhelming appreciation people had for war heroes was amazing, and I definitely do feel as though war heroes should be strongly saluted and thanked, but I feel like today there are many more people who are against war. I just find it very interesting to see these different representations of the type of Americans and their support.