학술논문
Shooting a Dog: During a deployment in Iraq, a young soldier confronts a fundamental paradox about the masculine temperament in wartime.
Document Type
Article
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Subject
*MILITARY personnel
*FERAL dogs
*EMOTIONS
*MASCULINITY
*NARRATIVES
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ISSN
0003-0937
Abstract
The article delves into the experience of a young soldier in Iraq, highlighting a defining moment involving shooting of a stray dog and soldier's conflicting emotions regarding empathy, duty, and implications of masculinity during wartime. It explores the soldier's observation of the Iraqi perception of American soldiers, the significance of dogs in war narratives, and the paradoxes within the soldiers' attitudes towards dogs, revealing the complexity of their emotional connections.