In “The Bonds of Battle,” Sebastian Junger uses his personal story and other examples to explain PTSD. He says, “Certainly the society we have created is hard on us by virtually every metric that we use to measure human happiness. This problem may disproportionately affect people, like soldiers, who are making a radical transition back home” (Junger 94). I believe that these sentences bring the whole essay together convey one meaning. These sentences present that the soldiers that go to war may experience a significant change when returning home, emotionally, mentally, and physically.

Many soldiers can be affected emotionally by the loss of friends or maybe even family throughout the war. I believe that the change that the soldiers and the