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No two war stories are ever the same. There is a lot of emotion conveyed through the storytellers’ stories of war and with ideas and works of literature that are affected by emotion come bias, distorted truths, and complex differences in the style that the story is told. Although all war stories are unique from each other in a variety of ways, there is a noticeable difference in the overall trend of storytelling between modern war stories compared to those written or told in previous centuries. I have discovered that the most noticeable difference in this trend is the overall loss of romanticism and increase in accuracy. My claim is that this loss of romanticism and the increase in accuracy is a reaction to the fact that war itself has changed. Changes in economy have completely refaced the world of war. Because of the way that the current world’s economy works, war depends more on capital worth and strategy than on bravery and skill. This, of course, has removed much of the valor and honor involved in past war stories and has enabled people to see a more truthful version of the war and how devastating it can be. Since war is based so highly on chance and luck these days, in addition to the decisions of t