APO 96225
Larry Rottman
In APO 96225, Rottman describes how people like to be kept in the dark about particular topics regarding their surroundings. When reality becomes painful to accept, people like to be unaware of reality. However, when things are going well in the world, people like to be a part of the good that is happening. As a son is writing his family while he is at war, he describes the spectacular sunsets and the "funny monkeys"(Rottman, 846). The fact that the son is only speaking of the carefree happenings at war indicate that he does not want to ruin his family's lives with the painful reality of war. He wants his family to stay happy, but his family insists that their son tell them everything that is happening where he is located. He then speaks of how he killed a woman and her child. The family then replies with a complaint that his letters are too depressing. This proves that unless people hear what they want to hear, then they will undoubtedly be unhappy. It will be impossible to keep everyone happy with the reality of the world in which people live.
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