Part 1: The Main Idea

    Every thing ever written has a main idea. "Whose War?" by John Reed is no exception. There are three main ideas in the text.
      First, that the World War I was not a common man's war. That the ordinary person is disinterested in the war. The ordinary person being an average person, not rich, not poor, in the middle. When it does come up in conversation, people think of it as disturbing and horrifying.  In fact, Reed states that "We are simple folk. Prussian militarism seems to us insufferable..." This supports the statement "The war is not a common man's war." God, I love having support for my arguments. It makes me feel so smart.  Another side of this statement was John Reed's statement "The rich become richer, the poor poorer, and the cost of living higher." This shows that the people that benefited were the rich and not the poor. Proves you got to have money to make money.