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 “My conscience told me to run, but some irrational and powerful force was resisting, like a weight pushing me toward the war.  What it came down to, stupidly, was a sense of shame” (52 Obrien).
While reading this short story I chose this quote because it is an appropriate emotion that many people experienced when they received their draft to fight in the war.  It is sad to think that the young men back during the Vietnam war had no choice of going, it was something that needed to be done for their country.  Tim was a young man that worked day to day in a slaughter house.  The only blood that was shed was that of the pigs he washed.  He was not a solider nor did he believe that this war that was taking place benefited anyone.  As a youth he protested the idea of war at school and wrote papers to editors.  Being drafted was not part of his plan so when receiving that dreadful notice the idea to flee was brilliant, but was it.  He followed through with the idea of leaving and crossing into Canada but rested at the border in a lodge.  This is the part of the story that made me appreciate the quote because his mind told him that fleeing was the best way to go about things, but pride played a role.  Tim did not want to let down the people he loved and disrespect his country.  Since he had that resistance that is what made him not leave into Canada and stick out the draft that was requested among him.  Emotions are very important in this collection of stories because this compilation contains war stories.  No matter what type of person you are the war effects people daily weather it be personal or someone they know it will hit home eventually. 

The website below discusses more about the draft during Vietnam War
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/deploymentsconflicts/l/bldrafthistory.htm