Effects of War

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   As I read along the novel, I began to notice the effect of war on the characters. At first, I only regarded the Second World War as an explanation for the circumstances of the villa, Hana taking care of the English patient who has lost almost half of his body. However, the war played bigger role than I expected. Not only physical appearance of the English patient was affected, but his mind changed from being a gregarious explorer to being a storyteller of his unfortunate, but rather healing experience. Hana became shell shocked by the news of her father's death and Caravaggio became very cautious after he got his thumbs cut off by Germans. After reading up to Chapter 3, I started to wonder: "Is there a way for citizens of war fighting country to escape from the influence of the war?" With this question in my mind, I realized that I was in a position to be affected by a potential warfare: Korean war. If the long lasted state of armistice between North and South Korea were to break and our country goes to war, then what should I do? Should I stay in Canada and just wait for the outcome? Or should I go back to Korea to fight as a soldier? I'm not sure what to do now, but sooner or later, the time to make decision will come. I hope I become ready to make that decision, and moreover, I hope North and South unite without any tumults.