Being around the prisoners of war, day and night, many soldier become fond of them. In “Guests of the Nation, the soldiers referred to their prisoners as, “…our guests” (O’Connor 1258). These same soldiers, after given orders to go guard the prisoner, returned with, “…what the hell we wanted guarding them at all for”(1260). These soldiers saw these two member of the opposing army as comrades. They found no

War bring out the worst in the spirit and values of mankind. It lowers mans standard of compassion to others and depicts the worst crime of all, murder. Though it is against the law to take another’s life, in war time it is part of the territory. One must rises above the terror of death and follow the orders of their country in the fight for mans natural freedoms. Compassion for life shall always be evident but when faced with war, there is no other solution. Either you can kill or be killed and most men would chose life.

s shown but not with a simple task. These men were forced to kill at another’s call and it left a deep wound on the soldiers which they will take with them the rest of their lives. Death is hard to face when it effects someone close to you, let alone if you are the one causing it. The human spirit has a solid compassion for life, but if your life is on the line and if you do not execute orders, your own life may be in jeopardy.

When people are forced to act upon others decisions, it may sometimes raise doubt on if what they are doing is really the right thing. In both, “Another Way to Die” and “Guests of the Nation”, soldiers loyalty to ones country was tested. When the Japanese and Irish soldiers were given the orders to kill prisoners of war, they did what was expected of them. Even though some soldiers questions to themselves if killing was the right thing to do, they showed their dedication to their country by following through with their or

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