The Cost Of Peace

Alexie's portrayal of his father in the in class reading sends an important message about how to obtain peace. In his autobiography, he ironically illustrates father beating on a national guard while protesting for peace. The irony in this incident is that Alexie's father is using violence to obtain peace. Even though this may seem ironic and hypocritical, it does seem disturbingly accurate considering the history of the human race. Like many other organisms,  humans have been fighting against each other since the beginning of time. Therefore, it is natural that we are still committing violent actions towards each other in present day,since it is almost innate for us to do so. There is one flaw to this design though; unlike other organisms, people have technologies that are capable of inflicting devastating damage to each other and also to nature. Therefore , the consequences of human to human fighting becomes out of balance. Nature can no longer bear the collateral damage that modern warfare inflicts and thus becomes scarred by the aftermath of war. Does this mean that we will eventually stop fighting each other? Highly unlikely. Through the recount  Alexie's dad,  we learn that the most likely and easiest way to achieve peace is through violence. Therefore we are stuck to choosing whether to do nothing and go to war, or try to obtain and still go to war. The depressing truth is that either way, the world will be damaged heavily because humans roam on it.