In the article "We Didn't Know" by Mary Agrusa (Oct, 7, 2016) shows the life of a soldier that people don't normally see and that struggle they face on a daily basis. The author in this story uses her father's personal experiences to support her story. The authors purpose of this story is to inform people of the soldiers true life and sacrifice. The way the story is set up, the audience is people that do not know about a soldiers life and duty.
While reading this personal essay I was reminded of the fact that soldiers have sacrificed their lives for the freedoms that we enjoy today. Sometimes we take for granted the freedom that we have and tend to forget the men and women who sacrificed themselves for their country, fighting for complete strangers. I enjoyed reading this essay about the authors fathers and it was interesting how she didn’t even know some of the things her dad went through while at war. I have always been interested in war stories but this essay was more personal than any of the other stories I have heard, because, it was about the authors father. She had firsthand experience of some of the effects war had on her father. Reading this I realize that there is a lot that we may not know about what soldiers endured while deployed because some of it they care not to talk about. We should be appreciative of the sacrifices soldiers have made because we may never now exactly what they had to go through for us.
The author use her father's war background to tell a story that reveal the hidden purpose of a solider not everyone know about. She use imagery and examples, to express her ideas in a way the reader can understand. One example, she use is at her fathers funeral when she question the honor guards reason for standing in the heat without moving. She answer this question by saying,"Their presence was a way of honoring my father's service to the people he didn't know", because "the military understands its mission is to serve and protect and this includes strangers."(p.g127)This sentence was put in place to help sum up her fathers purpose in which, his war involvement was clarified, and she finally began to gain incite of him. In the last sentence she said,"Although his life would be deemed ordinary at best, when given the chance to make a difference in his world for the better, he didn't hesitate. And that much we do know."(p.g127) The last, sentence basically sum up everything and put the authors wondering a side, to finally help her accept and understand the fact that her father did serve in the war.
While reading this personal essay I was reminded of the fact that soldiers have sacrificed their lives for the freedoms that we enjoy today. Sometimes we take for granted the freedom that we have and tend to forget the men and women who sacrificed themselves for their country, fighting for complete strangers. I enjoyed reading this essay about the authors fathers and it was interesting how she didn’t even know some of the things her dad went through while at war. I have always been interested in war stories but this essay was more personal than any of the other stories I have heard, because, it was about the authors father. She had firsthand experience of some of the effects war had on her father. Reading this I realize that there is a lot that we may not know about what soldiers endured while deployed because some of it they care not to talk about. We should be appreciative of the sacrifices soldiers have made because we may never now exactly what they had to go through for us.
The author use her father's war background to tell a story that reveal the hidden purpose of a solider not everyone know about. She use imagery and examples, to express her ideas in a way the reader can understand. One example, she use is at her fathers funeral when she question the honor guards reason for standing in the heat without moving. She answer this question by saying,"Their presence was a way of honoring my father's service to the people he didn't know", because "the military understands its mission is to serve and protect and this includes strangers."(p.g127)This sentence was put in place to help sum up her fathers purpose in which, his war involvement was clarified, and she finally began to gain incite of him. In the last sentence she said,"Although his life would be deemed ordinary at best, when given the chance to make a difference in his world for the better, he didn't hesitate. And that much we do know."(p.g127) The last, sentence basically sum up everything and put the authors wondering a side, to finally help her accept and understand the fact that her father did serve in the war.
Works Cited
Mary,Agrusa. "We didn't know." Connections: Guide to First Year Writing @ Clayton State University. Ed. Mary Lamb. 6th Edition. South Lake: 2016. 115-117 print
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