The Good War And Those Who Refused To Fight It Movie Reviews Example

The documentary movie The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It is about the American soldiers who denied shouldering weapons as their thoughtfulness supported humanity, and their consciousness did not agree to gun down another human being. These soldiers are known as conscientious objectors as they refused to fight. As the present generation feels weak and disloyal towards their nation when faced to war situations, there were similar people even during WWII who were not patriotic and fainthearted. To avoid joining with other fellow soldiers in war, many of these conscientious objectors changed their career paths to fire jumpers or surrendered themselves as guinea pigs in hospitals, and many come forward to work in mental institutions to prove their patriotism.
In the wars that took place before WWII, the peace lovers had only two choices, either to join the military or be jailed , however there is another options available now that allows the conscientious objectors to serve their country without violating their principles. The peace churches, the Quakers, Brethren and Mennonites, allowed the conscientious objectors to perform work that is relevant to the nation in the Civilian Public Service Camps (CPSC) to be controlled by the churches. One important thing to be noticed is that the governments pay out billions to teach the amateur young people about the requirements and features needed to be on the war front, but does not even spend a fraction of that billions to train people in making peace.
After watching the movie, I feel that war usually takes place when there is a conflict in decisions between two parties. Most of the American soldiers who participated in wars believe that people’s life must be liberalized and kill those people because of whom they were put back into slavery. This is one of the main reasons for the wars. Wars can only make a person or nation lose everything; the homes, the kids, the assets, family and friends, and the hopes. The front line soldiers undergo tremendous pressure, depression, insanity, and home sickness. Not every soldier in war wants to kill people, and the ones who believe killing is inhumane walk out of the battlefield as conscientious objectors. I believe, war is ethically wrong and the present generation must be educated that killing is wrong, and their minds must be trained to create peace.
Through the movie it is demonstrated that the American soldiers were doing their job on the battlefield, as well as on the home front, and the conscientious objectors were inquisitive in displaying their patriotism and courage to the nation by competing in risky jobs such as firefighting, smoke jumping and risking their life in severe medical tests. One of the most dreadful job done by these conscientious objectors was the hunger experiment which comprised of severe diet and non-stop exercise to empathize with the starving survivors of the soldiers in war. These results could be collated as the contribution towards the post-war relief efforts. It is sad to know that WWII took away the lives of millions of acquitted people just because they were either Polish or Jewish. Most of the Americans would be happy to get religious freedom on the cost of other people who fought for the rights; however there are millions of others who are in support of conscientious objectors.
In the war, the deaths happened not only because of the combat, but also due to the diseases such as typhus and hepatitis, and I appreciate the conscientious objectors who volunteered to be infected with live hepatitis virus, so that the medical industry could discover new medicines that could help other people in similar condition. Watching this movie, I realize that there are many other ways to show patriotism towards the nation. Only by being in army and fighting a war does not actually mean the person is patriotic. Conscientious objectors are a very good example who show patriotism by engaging themselves into the activities that can be more dangerous than fighting and killing someone on a war field.