blog 2 #7

By de-gendering the war the author attempted to neutralize the gender specific topic. Some associate war as being dominated by masculinity, fighting, killing, victorious, etc. The author shows a different perspective of the men at war, like when Jimmy expressed deep sorrow for the loss of one of his men, and how much women do/did play a big part of war not just the men. During that time women did enjoy life outside of war but by sending letter it sparked hope and desire in the men at war life. Jimmy was so consumed with Martha that his war persona was affected with the thought of Martha and he hurt and you could feel the intensity of pain due to his inability to protect his time because he had this image of love in his mind constantly. Which I feel does de-gender the war because you read a lot about their feelings, uncertainties, and fears.