The Fear

A nineteen-years-old draftsman Architect Christian Fiset was skinny and underweight separated from his family, friends, work, city and country when called up in the military service like any of all boys of his age. Trained and pushed to the maximum of their abilities to become fully qualified killers with the French Foreign Legion during the war for independence of Algeria. He wrote in his diary the continuous nightmare of the young conscripts, the strong bond of friendship among them and their attempt to save lives of the innocent children from the mines. They face the ordeal of war its causes and consequences of their choices. Caught many time in the crossfire of death and destruction. Christian saw the best and worst of the human nature and became to wonder why the Algerian Fellagas were hated and despised so much by the French settlers who where in total admiration of their own Resistance fighters from the Second World War. He witnessed the dramatic mutiny the Army are divided and the revolt of the generals against de Gaulle. He epitomized the human faces of brutality of war, sorrow, suffering, greed, trust, compassion and heroism. No time to grieve the death of his best friend Joncquet and many of his friends. Christian returns home to France, the atmosphere of civilian life was peaceful but tense; the terrible noise of war is still invading his brain, frightened of painful nightmares. Faced another battle and extremely difficult to get over with, mending a broken heart. He is wounded emotionally.