In the beginning of chapter seven a group of soldiers are discussing some consequences of the war. One soldier mentions how it is strange that the townspeople are allowed to have dogs when they do not have very much food. "They took my dog when they took the others,-" "Couldn't have dogs eating up food that was needed." (Steinbeck 88). I find it so sad that the conditions are so bad that the leaders are taking away some of the only happiness that the people have just because dogs have to eat too .It is also mentioned that they want to know what dog breeds are going to be in America. This means that The Leader wants to invade Americas next. I know that this does not happen but it gives a perspective on how ahead in the war the soldiers actually thought they were.
These little packages that are sent out really are ingenious. They will give the people hope for safety and put fear into the enemy about when they will use the dynamite. The chocolate is a very good incentive for the people to find it. Most of the people, I would assume, have at least one of these packages and will probably use it. Prackle wants to go home and when he approaches Lancer about it it turns him down. "You're not a man anymore. You are a soldier. Your comfort is of no importance and, Lieutenant your life isn't of much importance. (Steinbeck 99). This shows how the soldiers cannot think about themselves they are there for the cause and how to stay until its finished. Their are no cop-outs. Corell wants to arrest Orden and Doctor Winter to show the townspeople who is in charge so they will not use the dynamite. He even goes over Colonel Lanser's head to overpower him to do what he thinks is right. We will have to see how it will end up turning out.
Steinbeck, John. The Moon Is Down. New York: Penguin Classics, 1942. Print.
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