We all imagine what would become out of us if, by some misfortune, we would end-up in predicament like one of war? Watched the Russian movie "The Ascent" last night, and can't shake up the sadness while watching it, and still feeling it..
I suppose he, we, were lucky that he never experienced the war - first hand. Him being already depressed and grief stricken from the young age, would he become callused to the suffering - as he would expect the capability for violence from fellow human being - and come out stronger than ever, pumping out literary masterpieces or...he would be pushed over the top and fizzled, remaining silent like many have after the war, for the rest of the life? We'll never know.
I suppose he, we, were lucky that he never experienced the war - first hand. Him being already depressed and grief stricken from the young age, would he become callused to the suffering - as he would expect the capability for violence from fellow human being - and come out stronger than ever, pumping out literary masterpieces or...he would be pushed over the top and fizzled, remaining silent like many have after the war, for the rest of the life? We'll never know.