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 is that you cannot romanticize war because it is dangerous and not very smart.
“if he could do something worthy to have won her—be a hero, her hero—it would be even better”
“It was no time to pick and choose her words. She must sacrifice anything to the high ideal she had for him”
“No, girls don’t; women don’t, when they give their men up for their country. They think they’ll come marching back somehow, just as gay as they went”
2. What tactics does Editha use to make George believe as she does about the war?
Editha uses George’s emotions and religion against him. She tells him how much she honors the men that fight and that God has set it up for him to fight. She tells him how much she’d love for him to fight.
3. Is there ever a time in which Editha truly understands what she has done? Does she ever experience an epiphany?
Editha never truly understands what she has done. When she sees George’s mother she cries about his death, but is not truly sad.
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