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Antigone is a play about a family that has been torn apart by the fury of combat. Antigone and her sister Ismene mourn the death of their two brothers, Etocles and Polynices. Etocles is buried with honors, however, Polynices is branded a rebel and left for the birds to ravage. Although Antigone is fully aware of the consequences if she buries her brother, she follows through with her plan. For Antigone, living dishonorably is worse that death. Some people in today’s society agree with this view when related to the topic of the military draft. They think that, in this case, a person’s integrity should be valued more than the consequence. The draft is a very controversial issue that affects all young men today. At the age of eighteen, they are required to register for the draft. In the case that a war occurs, they are then forced into battle over issues that they sometimes are not even educated about. They are sent to fight these “blind battles” in an effort to defend their country. In most cases, they will not be forced to join with the military because it is not wartime. Still they have no choice in the matter. “2,800,000 of the 4,735,000 men who fought in WWI were drafted” (Compton’s Encyclopedia Onl