From the start of the essay we believe that Lucy is a co-worker or co-researcher in the time about the essay is written. However, as we progress further we see more and more to disprove this.
Now this was mostly due to the fact that I did not see when the essay was written, somehow i avoided the entire left side of the first page. So for the first few pages I was under the impression that they both lived at the same time. However, that was the point of the essay, to show an overlap of the past and present. There are many differences in the modern world than in 1944 but there are also similarity. Both had families and careers that they pursued. The resided in similar areas and the streets were the same. Both were very outgoing and outspoken. However, the greatest difference was time. The history that the writer learned is not the kind that you will find in a text book. But a select kind that can only be seen from the eyes of those that were there, in their personal memoirs and letters to people that they share a bond with. The writer seemed to be in a trance whenever reading Lucy`s letters, the writer would be transported back to those early years of 1944. But the magic of the letters faded away when the writer looked up Lucy and realized her life would come to an end. It dispelled the entirety of the letters that were filled with life, joy and laughter. The lesson is clear, do not skip to the end of any good story.

However, 1944 was a time of change in many ways. Technology literally skyrocketed in the form of German V1 and V2 rockets that formed the base of all modern rocket-propelled vessels such as space fairing. Production had reached new heights as entire nations focused all efforts to out gun and outnumber the clear enemy. The USA benefited most from war production due to its non- combat years prior to December 7th, 1944 as seen when the Great Depression ended with the USA officially entering the war. With all the male population going off to fight the war, the home effort was left to the female population. Every working field that was once only for men was now worked by women, and what they did was either as good or better. They were making ships so that their men would not sink and drowned in the oceans. They made planes that would carry them over Berlin and Tokyo. They made tanks that would go through the deserts in Africa. They made rifles that would shoot straight and true. They made parachutes that would carry men down safely as thought they were on white clouds. They made everything that won the war, in number that even to this day we do not match. Not because we can not, but because we have no reason to. In a way it is sad that to reach our full potential we must be in conflict with others. And even then it has to be an enemy that every men, women and child must hate and or fear to have the entire nation behind the war effort. Lucy and her letters are a window into this time of great change and great unrest. It shows us an individual’s account of events of the same history we learn but on a personal level. There are no references to battles or warriors, but see what life was for one person. That is something people overlook in history, the people. When you see how many were at this place or how many were lost, it is only a number. We forget that each one is a unique individual, with their own story, life, values, and vision of the world. That is why is it important to document history with not only written reports, but photographs, letters, newspapers, and anything else to always remember the people who were there. To see their lives unfold and learn from them so we do not follow the mistakes they made and follow what they did right. Another thing that is overlooked, when looking at history we tend to look at the mistakes that people make and forget all the right decision that were made prior and after. We tend to condemn certain individuals for their actions as we are looking at them from our views and rules. At that time when it was done it could have been a whole other story.

To see where you are now and where you are heading forward you need to see where you were before.