War_And_The_Human_Psyche

War And The Human Psyche War and the Human Psyche The experience of war places stresses on the human spirit that cannot even be imagined. In the short story, “The Red Convertible,” Louise Erdrich illustrates the harsh effects of war on one’s character. War can turn even the most free-spirited person into a monster of some sort, where almost nothing will bring the person back to who they once were. In the short story, Henry and Lyman are the main characters in the story. Henry and Lyman were two free-spirited people, in the beginning. “Then, before we had thought it over at all, the car belonged to us and our pockets were empty. We had just enough money for gas back home.” The two made a major purchase on an impulse. “We went places in that car, me and Henry. We took off driving all one whole summer.” Only uninhibited people would just up and take off driving for no reason. “Some people hang on to details when they travel, but we didn’t let them bother us and just lived our everyday lives from here to there.” It was almost as if the henry, war, lyman, car, back, over, before, two, story, person, people, just, even, didn’t, almost, took, time, thought, something, short, places, old, off, know, it’s, home, hair, bring, worked, way, vehicle, tv, through, somehow, side