What Are The Psychological Effects Of War In Yellow Birds

Yellow Birds at first glance is another fictional war story. A closer look reveals not only the action of war but the long term psychological effects of war. How young men face difficult decisions and do not always get them right. This is also another look at guerilla warfare in an urban setting where the enemy blends in with innocent civilians. This creates difficult decisions that are life death for all around. This book shows how desensitized people can be when exposed to terrible conditions on a long-term basis. Diaz writes about broken relationships and skirts the line of a womanizer and a likeable guy that makes terrible decisions. Women’s rights and equality was a struggle during this whole period from world war two into the twenty