My personal life was too complicated. Way too tangled to be explained, life was split into so many strings, which just kept destroying themselves. It was too hard. I had to get away. Just yesterday my boss was shouting at me, all because I forgot to add two teaspoons of sugar instead of one. That was unfair. I heard that my friends didn't have to work anymore! They did not have to work! Great! No problems and no worries. No one cared. They were being transported to a secret location where they would be trained and go onto the front. I knew that they would come back. They are smart and as tough as a rock. They have the skills, and can look down at their bosses because they are in the army! That’s a man’s life. On top of all of this, they would be able to visit a new place, a new country perhaps. Would this be possible for me?
All of this was voluntary of course. I could join if I wanted to, and if I wanted, I had all the power to say no. Many of my friends were going, and my heart longed to be with them. But I loved my family more, and decided to solve my problems, rather than solve some other problems in some other country. My life mattered more. Many people had started joining due to other problems also. Some of these included:
- Family problems (Like I had with my family. They deprived me of my right, and made life a burden)
-Social Problems (Same happened to me, this also included me and my affair with my girlfriend. This was also too much for me)
- Job problems (This is also a problem for me, my boss is too angry all the time and I don't have breathing space when he is on me all the time)
- Long to visit new areas (Many people were sick of the place where they lived. They wanted to explore, and wanted to find out more about the world. As they had very little money at this time, they wouldn't be able to pay for the trip themselves, so therefore they had to take this wonderful opportunity)
-Save the country (We all love our country, and wanted to save it. We loved it so much that many of us wanted to protect it for the later generations. We wanted to save it as any others who took it might kill it and destroy the norms of countries)
-Revenge (Many ancestors had died in other wars. People always wanted to get their revenge in some war or another. They might want to find out what is wrong and figure out that they could also kill a couple of people who killed their close ones. This also happened with me via my father)
-White feather (Many women gave men a white feather, if they didn't go to war. They might as well call them a coward. People were expected to go, and men, as the stereotype was put forward, men were supposed to be strong and push forward for a war, they were supposed to be able to fight and be really courageous.)
Strangely most of these had happened to me! Almost all of these had happened to me. This was a very strange thing, because I was expected to join. People always thought that I had the most problems through society. Many of my friends were expecting me to be the first to sign on that sheet. It was that bad.
I think that this war will be over soon, we will go, fight, win and come back. I should be home for Christmas, and will celebrate with my friends and enrich my family. I think that this will be small. What is the reason for it to go so long. It won't be a long war, as everyone say it will be over by Christmas. Surly everyone can't be wrong! People will be right! But for some reason, I think this will be huge. The war will be destructive, and many things will happen during this war.
As I have been told, only two strong parties have been involved in war. Two very strong sides are involved in this, as it is going to be huge in my thoughts. Only Britain and Germany are involved in this. Germany is very bad; they always interfere in our matters and make it a bad thing for everyone. They always find out the way to make us the bad ones, and then frame us in a bad way. In many ways I think that Britain has an upper hand. My friends have told me that we are very powerful. We have so many people that we might even finish off the war in a day or so! In the two sides of the war, I think we are the strongest, and we will win.
Many of the times, I have seen many posters and promotions about the war. Most of these include posters and songs, which have promoted Britain. Many of them call us for war. As it is voluntary no one can force us and no one can tell us what to do. But they do have many convincing posters and songs, which do make you, want to go.
Some of them included the famous songs: Gallipoli. These songs promoted many soldiers to join, as their countries needed them. It was very hard to resist not going.
