“War” by Luigi Pirandello is a short story about a wife and husband whose son has been sent to war. They board a train to leave for Rome, the departure spot for their sons and young men going off to war. The wife feels she is the only mother grieving about her son leaving. All the passengers on this train have one or more loved ones on the front in the war. This couple, who boards the train last, has their one and only son in war. The wife, especially, is grieving the most. The other passengers relate to her sadness. One woman speaks up and says that her son had left for the front the first day of war, was sent back twice because of injuries and was sent back yet again. Another woman stands up and adds in that she has two sons and three nephews at the front. The husband relates back that it was their one and only son. This starts a conversation between the passengers about the love for their sons and the suffering one mother may have to go through because she has two sons at the front. One father adds that their sons do not belong to them, but to the Country. A fat man stands up and makes the point that if his and their sons die, they will die happy because they were fighting for the love of their Country. Then the wife rises from her seat and asked the fat man if his son is actually dead. The fat man has no words, but tears began to roll down his face and he begins to sob uncontrollably. Feeling his pain, the husband, the wife, and the others do the same sharing his immense grief.