Stephen Crane's War Is Kind

Last week we explored the American Dream and how time and time again we saw humans hindering other humans, the social hierarchy preventing the freedom of social mobility and social inclusion, and the inability to assimilate with the materialistic values imposed, accepted, and expected to attain this success in literature. This week I would like to delve deeper in the human psyche and struggle. I often marvel at the fine line that separates humans from other animals that do whatever it takes to ensure their own survival.
In Stephen Crane’s poem, War is Kind, he illustrates how war forces men to discard their humanity, and they effectively become dehumanized. The word “humble” is used in the poem to show how war diminishes the importance of