Max Goldstein

“‘Hope you have luck finding these men,’ Poulsson said. ‘No,’ the sergeant said. ‘I think they’re armed . . . . I’d rather not meet them.’” p.180

In the section of my story in which my quote is located, a main character speaks to local German Policemen about their search for Norwegian saboteurs on the run. One of those saboteurs has a close call with these officers and wishes them well as they go to ensure he is safe from their searching. But what they say to Poulsson was interesting. Although they were doing their job and continuing to try and arrest the men, they didn’t want to find them for fear of violence. This says a lot about war, because a lot of what we think of, or see and hear in stories about victories and losses alike in war is people who are daring, brave, and determined to succeed. But this isn’t even close to true. What many people don’t see is the people who fight for their countries, but instead of hoping for a victory, they pray for an end. Almost all people, when war gets intense, they stop hating the enemy, and just hope for peace. These officers are just another example of this, and i was happy that the book showed this, even though the main characters are shown to be some of the few who just keep fighting for that hope of victory.