Not all wars are fought on battlefields. Young Neil becomes a casualty on the home front when he tries to be aware of his father is joining the army. Neil suffers to understand why grown-ups have to join the army. He cannot believe his father would choose to leave the family behind and go to war. After Neil overheard from Bud, about this incident, he felt betrayed by his father. At the same time he felt his father had broken his promise in which his father made to him earlier that year. Neil could not beli