Alienation Unit 5

     Well this poem is depressing.  APO 96225 by Larry Rottman made me think of how people hide their true feelings. The son in this poem is hiding the truth from his parents because he does not want to upset him.  He instead lies and tells him happy things.  People today hide how they feel and lie in order to make others happy.  After he told his mother the truth his "father wrote right back" (846).  Sometimes when people feel like they can talk to someone about how they truly feel, something happens and they shut out again.  The son did not want his mom to worry about him so he lied to her.  I know I have lied to someone, so they would not worry about me.  The son feels alone and keeps writing to his mother so she is happy and still close in some way.  War has alienated him from his family and his true thoughts.