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How does John Brown’s mother glorify war?

How does John Brown’s mother glorify war?

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    John Brown’s mother glorify war by sending her son to fight in a war, irrespective of the fact that he might never come back home alive. When John Brown is getting ready to go off to war, his mother feels proud to see him “straight and tall in his uniform and all.” She feels proud that she has a soldier for a son. For her, being a soldier means fighting valiantly and obeying the captain’s orders in order to get medals to put up on the wall. She is unaware of the harsh reality.

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