Summary Of Ten Keliks South
Ten Kliks South” research paper “Ten Kliks South” is a short war story about the desensitisation that has been caused by soldiers fighting in the Iraq war, evidence of this is how the characters fighting in the Iraq war, brag about their killings. The soldiers tally up their killings between the gun that was used and the shooter of the weapon. Most of the characters see the killings the same, while the narrator has a slightly different view. He has many questions to ask. He wants to understand why they are killing and what they do after they kill the people. In Phil Klay's “Ten Kliks South” the author shows the many different views of killing. Through the words and actions of the soldiers. Some soldiers see it as an accomplishment, and others see it as a job to follow the
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When a person is far away from the action of killing, they do not really understand it or realise the effect of the action of killing. In the story, the narrators ask if he should go look for survivors, Sargent Deetz proceeds to say, “you see Al-Qaeda building crazy bunkers or trenches? Play 8 -. Sargent Deetz is implying because he doesn’t see any movement, all the enemies are dead and there is no suffering or pain happening. In the article “on killing” Grossman describes “The link between distance and ease of aggression is not a new discovery” (Grossman 1). When someone is far away from another person when that person shoots the other person shoots the first person does not see them suffer because they left the scene of the killing it does not have the impact on you that a killing when close up would have. In the story, “Ten Kliks South” the characters actual distance shows that they don’t have much remorse for the victims. It is more like a job to them then it is killing another person. They are so far away from the actual action of death that they don’t realise what they are
When a person is far away from the action of killing, they do not really understand it or realise the effect of the action of killing. In the story, the narrators ask if he should go look for survivors, Sargent Deetz proceeds to say, “you see Al-Qaeda building crazy bunkers or trenches? Play 8 -. Sargent Deetz is implying because he doesn’t see any movement, all the enemies are dead and there is no suffering or pain happening. In the article “on killing” Grossman describes “The link between distance and ease of aggression is not a new discovery” (Grossman 1). When someone is far away from another person when that person shoots the other person shoots the first person does not see them suffer because they left the scene of the killing it does not have the impact on you that a killing when close up would have. In the story, “Ten Kliks South” the characters actual distance shows that they don’t have much remorse for the victims. It is more like a job to them then it is killing another person. They are so far away from the actual action of death that they don’t realise what they are