Our minds cannot grasp the immensity and true horror of war and what it does to both the victims and the perpetrators of crimes. The picture of total war is on too vast a canvas to be understood and perhaps this is one of the reasons that wars are seen as evil and yet cannot be eradicated. This story, set in the Second World War, was written to show how one human being brought up in a genteel and loving environment can, under extreme circumstances be turned into a monster who will kill without thought, not necessarily in order to survive, but simply for the sake of an idea.
Our minds cannot grasp the immensity and true horror of war and what it does to both the victims and the perpetrators of crimes. The picture of total war is on too vast a canvas to be understood and perhaps this is one of the reasons that wars are seen as evil and yet cannot be eradicated. This story, set in the Second World War, was written to show how one human being brought up in a genteel and loving environment can, under extreme circumstances be turned into a monster who will kill without thought, not necessarily in order to survive, but simply for the sake of an idea.