(Pages 195-204) On page 201 Gene says that wars were made by something ignorant in the human heart. Do you agree with this statement?

At this point in the book Gene has lost his best friend and has had to grow up a lot. Instead of worrying about minor things, Gene now has huge issues to consider and worry about. He begins to think more of the meaning of things and the big picture. On page 201 Gene explores his feelings about war. He thinks to himself that "it seemed clear that wars were not made by generations and their special stupidities, but that wars were made instead by something ignorant in the human heart." After carefully exploring his feelings on the war Gene comes to the conclusion that war isn't to be blamed on generations; they happen because of the way people are and human nature. He comes to the conclusion that war is something that just happens and will always happen.

I think Gene could not have put it any better. After all, everyone is human and we are all programmed the same way. We all do things based off of emotions, and we are all similar. I don't think that certain groups or time periods are more likely to be involved in a war than others. It's just when things happen people react a certain way, and that is to be expected.

Do you think that war is something necessary and unavoidable, or do you think that it's something that we as a world can end for good?