The novel The Long March by William Styron is a prime example of anti-war, anti-goverment, and anti-military writing. William Styron uses marine reserves, that are forced to make a 36 mile march that they are not prepared for, to show the brutality and hypocrisy in the leaders of this country. The reserves are people that have been out of the service for many years, but have just been called back into service. A terrible accident has …showed first 75 words of 937 total…

…showed last 75 words of 937 total…to wake for the next day as if nothing had happened. Something has happened, the men now know that they are as strong as ever before. They know that they are as fit now as they were before they left. They also know that this isn't the life they want. The men don't need the military anymore. They know it strengthened them, but is a dead branch on their lives that they no longer need.