Day Two

Today was my second day in the rebel army. Because of the raid that happened yesterday, five soldiers had died and more were wounded. When I woke up this morning, the soldiers were digging up a grave for them. Also, we had a funeral for those five soldiers today. During the funeral, I thought that the soldiers are for dying, not for helping the war. It was pointless of the soldiers to die when there won't be any satisfying outcome of their death. The war can never end; it can't be won by any side, loyalists or revolutionaries. The proof is that there had been forty-two wars in the past and this one is the forty-third war. What difference can another war make? My answer is none. Like Ignacio said today, even though the revolutionaries win the war, they would be just new loyalists. They wouldn't make any difference to the peasants like me, stirring up another rebellion and causing forty-fourth war. Ignacio seemed to be sure of this idea, and Lolo seemed to be persuaded into thinking this when Ignacio told us about it. Although, Captain Mendoza think that the revolutionaries can make the condition better once the revolutionaries win this war. He seemed to be believing that the revolutionary is necessary for the country and was determined to win the war. Also, Juan and Esteban seemed to be sure of this thought, too. No one knows who is right or who is wrong, however, I know that many innocent soldiers would die for this 43rd war.

Picture source:
http://homepages.wmich.edu/~acareywe/images/childsoldiers.jpg