Mental Preparation (Entry 4)

Watching war movies always make me wonder why soldiers can survive with so much ease in a place where death is happening all the time when in the reality that I live in, people make a very big deal out of even the death of one person. A lot of the times people are haunted forever by a murder such as the character Macbeth from the Shakespear play. So then, why is it that soldiers on the battlefield can easily kill someone and even be proud of their accomplishments? Are they not haunted by witnessing the brutal deaths of their friends? The answer to my questions are answered by Xavier through his reflction of the war. He says that the soldiers here, including him, get by everyday without being affected by not thinking about the brutality of it all. He says that if he lets his mind wander he will surely become mad in an environment like this, so he tries to become oblivious of it all. Having never been to war myself, I do not know if that is really how soldiers mentally prepare themselves. However, it seems llike a good way to coop with the luridness of war.