Ethical Choices of the Protagonist in My Life as a Foreign Country

My Life as a Foreign Country is an Iraq War narrative by American veteran Brian Turner, recounting the protagonist Turner’s experiences in the Iraq War alongside the wartime experiences of his forefathers. As a descendant of a military family, the protagonist Turner makes ethical choices based on his ethical identity, elucidating the ethical concepts and dilemmas faced by Iraq War soldiers. This paper interprets the narrative from the perspective of literary ethics, analyzing the ethical choices made by the protagonist Turner to explain the underlying reasons and motivations, thereby revealing the ethical perplexities of American soldiers in modern warfare.