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An Episode of War
An “Episode of war” is a naturistic story told by nature itself about a young peon. It shows how nature is unfair to human beings (Crane, 50).
A peon was sitting patiently while splitting coffee into proportions for his fellow army officers. As he was dividing, there was a strange bullet that was shot from an unknown direction. The bullet accidentally hit the peon on his right arm, and the arm was badly injured. The peon was experiencing much pain in his injured arm. As a way to help himself from this painful situation, he seized his sword by the left hand. He wanted to put the sword into the sheath. However, he could not hold the sword well because of the much pains he was experiencing (Crane, 75). The older army, much respect, took the sword gently and put it into the sheath. The peon veered backward, attentive not to touch the army officer.
Holding his right arm that had been wounded using the left hand, the peon made a decision and began to walk slowly. He was walking slowly to the medical tent. He walks and crosses the battle line. At this moment in time, he is just like a spectator in the war. The peon becomes a witness of the things that he had never seen before for his lifetime. He keenly hears sounds of war. The peon could hear sounds made by hooves of horses in war, the soldiers shouting and making blame games at each other, others were encouraging each other, wheels of war chariots and also gun sounds.

These events brought much fear to the peon.
The peon was still walking. Some unknown people to the peon came out from the woodland. This was a great relieve to the peon. This is because the strangers pointed out the location of the field hospital to the peon. The peon looked on the side of the road. He saw some corps “making coffee” just as his corps could have done. Some of the army officers came near him. One of the officers taunts him for not having his injured arm, right hand, tied up. He, therefore, cut the peon’s sleeve and had the peon’s wound covered. The peon arrives at the hospital. He saw two ambulances obstructing each other. The ambulance drivers were arguing since the wheels of their two ambulances had been locked together. The wounded army soldiers move back and forth rebuking the incidence that had occurred. Abruptly, a surgeon who was very busy passed by. The surgeon decided to stop. The surgeon looked at the hand of the peon. This made the peon get worried and the surgeon that he hoped that the hand would not be chopped off (Crane, 55). The surgeon asked the peon who was that foolish person who had the peon’s wounded arm tied that way. The response of the peon to the surgeon was that it was a man who had done that. The surgeon was greatly annoyed and said “Nonsense man!” the peon was not happy and told the surgeon to let him go.
Finally, the arm of the peon was cut away. He then goes back to his home. His family; his wife, mother and sisters were all shedding tears. The peon while consoling them said that he doesn’t suppose it mattered so much. This is because he was the only one undergoing such misfortunes in the universe.
Work Cited
Crane, Stephen. An episode of war: short story. Pymble, NSW New York, NY: HarperCollins e-books, 2009. Print
Crane, Stephen. The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War. Minneapolis, MN: First Avenue Editions, a division of Lerner Publishing Group, 2014. Print.