Maybe it was the year he got drunk and taken in by the cops. Eh? He must have been so depressed after the war 'cause he lost his wife and job, that he turned into an alcoholic. Makes sense to me.
Well if any one has read "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, then you may remember a line reading:
"No service was too humble for him to perform in aid of the South, no adventure too perilous for him to undertake if consistent with the character of a civilian who was at heart a soldier, and who in good faith and without too much qualification assented to at least a part of the frankly villainous dictum that all is fair in love and war."
This is about Peyton Farquhar, a Southerner during the Civil war. He wants to blow up a bridge to prevent the Union Army from crossing and getting the advantage in battle. He gets caught, though, like the grandfather does in "Love and War". Both characters lost their wives in the stories.
When Jenny writes, "all is fair in love and war / civil war like this always sells itself", quoting her mother, I take that it is a satire in a way, exposing how people are so ignorant to think that "if it's for your country, it's justified!" Peyton thought the same way in that he is willing to risk his life and the well-being of his family to go down in history as a hero.
Well, that's what I think. I don't know. If you have something better, shoot! I'd love to hear it.
Maybe it was the year he got drunk and taken in by the cops. Eh? He must have been so depressed after the war 'cause he lost his wife and job, that he turned into an alcoholic. Makes sense to me.
Well if any one has read "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce, then you may remember a line reading:
"No service was too humble for him to perform in aid of the South, no adventure too perilous for him to undertake if consistent with the character of a civilian who was at heart a soldier, and who in good faith and without too much qualification assented to at least a part of the frankly villainous dictum that all is fair in love and war."
This is about Peyton Farquhar, a Southerner during the Civil war. He wants to blow up a bridge to prevent the Union Army from crossing and getting the advantage in battle. He gets caught, though, like the grandfather does in "Love and War". Both characters lost their wives in the stories.
When Jenny writes, "all is fair in love and war / civil war like this always sells itself", quoting her mother, I take that it is a satire in a way, exposing how people are so ignorant to think that "if it's for your country, it's justified!" Peyton thought the same way in that he is willing to risk his life and the well-being of his family to go down in history as a hero.
Well, that's what I think. I don't know. If you have something better, shoot! I'd love to hear it.