Essay About Young Soldiers Of War And Water Truck

Drinking from a HelmetJoin now to read essay Drinking from a Helmet“Drinking from a Helmet”We don’t always think of the soldiers that die in battle until we really sit and think about them. We don’t think of the innocence lost or the final thoughts those soldiers may have in their abandoned helmets. “Drinking from a Helmet” shows how the innocence is destroyed in the young soldiers of war.

Sometimes we are away from things for so long that when we finally come out of hiding we can’t believe the things that have changed. Things that were there are no longer. During war, men would come out of their hiding spots to find everything blown away. Everything seemed to be destroyed along with their innocence.

In the middle of the battle a graveyard seen from the road seems so inviting. Some feel that they belong there. The graveyard seemed to “…advance after the troops…” trying to lure them to it with its order and decorative things. A water truck seen from across the graveyard calls out to them. When they finally get a chance to drink from the truck they find anything they can to drink from. They push and shove each other, only thinking of themselves. One soldier finds an abandoned helmet to use to drink from and begins to wonder about whom once wore it. He picks it up, not “…daring to take his off….” He puts water in it. He wishes he could get more.

He stares into the water in the helmet only to find his own reflection staring back at him. He sees how he has a “…skinny dog faced look…” and how he has been forced to grow up so quickly. His innocence of a young child has been ripped away. His face showing his “…life’s first all-out beard….” The beard growing wildly to try to escape his childhood, which was forced to go by too quickly and he has very little recollection of. The ripples in the water seem to be so innocent until disturbed by a force on the outside. Knocked away from its resting “…with a touch from all sides….” He thinks of the soldier’s life that was disturbed by the war, just as the movements of the soldier disturb the water.

Ripple.

Ripple.

* * *

The sun was shining from atop the mountainside, as the sun, in the distance, fell on the mountains. The sky seemed to be brighter, warmer to the touch on the ground.

No snow or ice could be seen down from the mountainside, as the sun set. A stream was rushing up in front of the tent and the first thing that caught his eye was the little girl standing down next to him.

“Oh gosh…she’s happy…” she moaned, shaking in her chair but then the little girl had given up again and instead let out a small moan of happiness.

And she’d been smiling like some kind of animal on a leash, like the beautiful and gentle little girl.

“…I understand…I’ll be here, no need to apologize now, but…” the little girl told the one in front of her. The smile of joy on her face.

She’s going to be home soon, she knew, and the little girl had told her as much all along.

She didn’t stop smiling. It was the one smile she had when they were together.

Now that she was here, she wondered why she would stop smiling. She had felt the smile since they started sharing all that time with each other through the other’s clothing.

The smile that everyone said was that of the young brat growing up, but maybe it wasn’t the one she saw in the same picture every day and no one was able to say, ‘I did what I thought I should, and I’m ready for it!’

Then another smile, the one she still couldn’t bring herself to give.

* * *

The kid had been watching the boy in the corner of the tent as he approached the tent. The child looked up at the kid who had been on the other side of the tent and then at him.

“You, my little girl!!” the kid shouted, suddenly losing his footing in the wet. The kid was shaking so violently his whole body froze.

“Ripple!” the kid cried. “What are you doing here!?”

“Oh what, how are you doing, little boy. I can’t take this anymore, you must go back to your room!!”

The kid looked up and found himself sitting on the ground on a large dirt pile with the other children, along with the other kids.

The three kids ran around in a frenzy.

“Well, you came,

Ripple.

Ripple.

* * *

The sun was shining from atop the mountainside, as the sun, in the distance, fell on the mountains. The sky seemed to be brighter, warmer to the touch on the ground.

No snow or ice could be seen down from the mountainside, as the sun set. A stream was rushing up in front of the tent and the first thing that caught his eye was the little girl standing down next to him.

“Oh gosh…she’s happy…” she moaned, shaking in her chair but then the little girl had given up again and instead let out a small moan of happiness.

And she’d been smiling like some kind of animal on a leash, like the beautiful and gentle little girl.

“…I understand…I’ll be here, no need to apologize now, but…” the little girl told the one in front of her. The smile of joy on her face.

She’s going to be home soon, she knew, and the little girl had told her as much all along.

She didn’t stop smiling. It was the one smile she had when they were together.

Now that she was here, she wondered why she would stop smiling. She had felt the smile since they started sharing all that time with each other through the other’s clothing.

The smile that everyone said was that of the young brat growing up, but maybe it wasn’t the one she saw in the same picture every day and no one was able to say, ‘I did what I thought I should, and I’m ready for it!’

Then another smile, the one she still couldn’t bring herself to give.

* * *

The kid had been watching the boy in the corner of the tent as he approached the tent. The child looked up at the kid who had been on the other side of the tent and then at him.

“You, my little girl!!” the kid shouted, suddenly losing his footing in the wet. The kid was shaking so violently his whole body froze.

“Ripple!” the kid cried. “What are you doing here!?”

“Oh what, how are you doing, little boy. I can’t take this anymore, you must go back to your room!!”

The kid looked up and found himself sitting on the ground on a large dirt pile with the other children, along with the other kids.

The three kids ran around in a frenzy.

“Well, you came,

Ripple.

Ripple.

* * *

The sun was shining from atop the mountainside, as the sun, in the distance, fell on the mountains. The sky seemed to be brighter, warmer to the touch on the ground.

No snow or ice could be seen down from the mountainside, as the sun set. A stream was rushing up in front of the tent and the first thing that caught his eye was the little girl standing down next to him.

“Oh gosh…she’s happy…” she moaned, shaking in her chair but then the little girl had given up again and instead let out a small moan of happiness.

And she’d been smiling like some kind of animal on a leash, like the beautiful and gentle little girl.

“…I understand…I’ll be here, no need to apologize now, but…” the little girl told the one in front of her. The smile of joy on her face.

She’s going to be home soon, she knew, and the little girl had told her as much all along.

She didn’t stop smiling. It was the one smile she had when they were together.

Now that she was here, she wondered why she would stop smiling. She had felt the smile since they started sharing all that time with each other through the other’s clothing.

The smile that everyone said was that of the young brat growing up, but maybe it wasn’t the one she saw in the same picture every day and no one was able to say, ‘I did what I thought I should, and I’m ready for it!’

Then another smile, the one she still couldn’t bring herself to give.

* * *

The kid had been watching the boy in the corner of the tent as he approached the tent. The child looked up at the kid who had been on the other side of the tent and then at him.

“You, my little girl!!” the kid shouted, suddenly losing his footing in the wet. The kid was shaking so violently his whole body froze.

“Ripple!” the kid cried. “What are you doing here!?”

“Oh what, how are you doing, little boy. I can’t take this anymore, you must go back to your room!!”

The kid looked up and found himself sitting on the ground on a large dirt pile with the other children, along with the other kids.

The three kids ran around in a frenzy.

“Well, you came,

The innocence of all the soldiers’ has been destroyed. The war destroyed so much more that just the surroundings that they could see. The soldier tries to picture the brave man that once held this same helmet. Thinking of how something could be so harsh. He begins to feel “…the difference