In the book, Inman,who was brought up in a poor family and isn't rich,fights with people who are rich. This is that usually the rich man starts the war and the poor man finishes the war; meaning that the rich man has lost and the poor man has lost the war. This can be related to a recent event not to long ago in Afghanistan. In Afghanistan not too long ago the Soviet Union, as they were at the time, had fought with Afghanistan. Afghanistan was Inman, poor and not as educated, and the Soviet Union was the rich man...