War- Pirandello

Reading this short story, setting is not the first thing that strikes me. We know they are in a carriage but that is all. I really enjoyed the dialogue between the characters. There was a clear rise in conflict when the fat travelers (the one who starts by saying "nonsense") begins to speak about his dead son. Along with the rise in conflict there is a sense of character development. All of the characters are each putting in their opinion based on how many sons they have, to see who has the right to be the most distraught. The woman seems to develop after the fat man ends his speech and she asks him if his son is really dead. It seems that the woman realizes that the fat man is speaking of his son as a duty to the country and just how satisfied his son was, which made him satisfied. But it seemed he never really thought of his son's death through the eyes of a father and that's what the woman brings out of him.