In Generation kill Evan Write talks about a tough generation comprised of marine soldiers in the

battle field. It depicts how these men who have turned in to cold-blooded creatures treat each
other and how they live a life where the only intimacy that exists in their lives is with video
games. Evan tries to describe how these disposable children live their lives while battling in
Iraq and in his book he constantly asks the question can these young American fights (P.66;
p.99).

Evan Wright talks about his chronicles as a first hand journalist who is reporting from the field
during the 2003 Iraqi invasion. During his work, he accompanies a new generation of marine
soldiers and he observes that to them using the term mother-fucker is meant as a form of
endearment (P.52). Evan however notes that inside these brutal killers there are guys who are soft
and quiet. He terms them as people who watch Oprah and old Kung Fu movies (P. 57)

Evans narration includes a composition that is very unique. At the start, this narration has a wide
angle of information and is quite considerate. Evan vividly describes the field of battle and
remembers how they were attacked and mistreated. He paints a painful picture of these new
generation soldiers embarking on a journey that is not just scary but also dangerous. However, as
the story progresses, Evan moves closer to these soldiers and is so specific in describing not just
their actions but also their verbal cues. At the end of the story, Evan further dives in to the minds
of these young soldiers and he vividly talks about their intentions and their thoughts. Through
this organization, Evan succeeds in getting the reader to understand the madness that lies within
these soldiers and expresses his staunch opposition to sending these young soldiers in to war.

Although Evan presents different types of characters, he emphasizes on the fact that all these
men are very harsh. He says, For some, slain rapper Tupac is an American patriot whose
writings are better known than the speeches of Abraham Lincoln. (P. 53). By this, Evan means
that these young men originate from backgrounds where politics is not a subject of discussion
but rather they come from environments where the only thing they know is hip-hop. According
to Evan, the only political thing they know is not through an inspiring speech at the Berlin Wall
but through a national obsession with semen stains and a White House blow job. (p. 91). Evan
says that these are soldiers who only take interest in matters concerning glamour and rumors and
notes that most of them have been raised in single or absentee parents homes. He says that many
of them do not have relations with their parents and video games, porn and reality TV are the
only intimate friends they have. He says that these things have replaced real parenting and led to
Americas first generation of disposable children (p. 62).

Evan continues to say that get some is a phrase that has become very common with these new
generation soldiers and to them it expresses the the excitement, the fear, the feelings of power
and the erotic-tinged thrill that rush through the bodies of the soldiers (P. 62). Evan uses this
erotic analogy to emphasize the extent of the madness and level of inhumanity in the soldiers.
Erotic is not a word that can be related to war or the battle field but these soldiers get a kick out
of killing and human suffering.
Evan continues to say that the platoon commander of the troops is a twenty five year old
lieutenant and he reminds his team about how cruel they should be by saying , Did you see what
they did to that town? They fucking destroyed it. These guys have no problem with killing. (P.
101). He compares his soldiers with those who fought in World War 2 and proudly calls the
present soldiers killing machines who cannot be compared to the World War 2 soldiers. The
lieutenant continues by comparing these soldiers to those from World War 2. He emphasizes that
the present soldiers are killing-machines compared to the soldiers from WW2. Evan Wright
probably wrote this to stress the psychopathic way of thinking these soldiers have.

Evan remembers a joke made by one of the soldiers who asked, What is the first thing you feel
when you shoot a civilian? And the others mockingly answered, The recoil of your rifle. (p.
136). According to Evan, these soldiers try to cope with their stress through black humor but this
should be considered a sign of mental damage. These soldiers view the Iraqi people as tools and
objects which need to be destroyed. They have suppressed their human feelings so that they are
devoid of any compassion or sympathy. To them, Iraqis are people who should be destroyed
through killing.

Evan, through the use of irony and contradictory phrases such as for some of them, rolling into
an ambush was almost an answered prayer (P. 45) and Americas first generation of disposable
children (P. 62) tries to show the damage that this sacrifice made by these young men is having
on them.

Evan is right to call these soldiers the first generation of America disposable children because
these are young men whose parents have neglected them in order to concentrate on work or by
being absentee parents and have left them to the cruel hand of joining the war which in return is
damaging their lives and health.