nothing was as it once was

A moth brushed his face, but it was a peach blossom. A peach blosssom filcked him but it was a moth. Nothing stayed put. Nothing had a name. Nothing was as it once was. 

Ray Bradbury says that nothing will stay the same. the Civil War has changed everything. it has also changed Joby as well. Because "In the Drummer Boy of Shiloh" Bradbury says "nothing stays put" he means that nothing stays the same. Not even us. As we grow up and mature we see things differently than we would as kids. 

when I was a kid I would always think that the world is good. That the bad guys will always be put away. that is how innocent we are. we think the world is good and it will stay that way. It doesn't. The good people will sometimes be put away while the bad guys sometimes get away free. People will always suffer one way or another. 

the world is constantly changing and so is the land and people on it. we don't stay the same. As we change our views and ideas change with us. When Bradbury says a peach blossom can be moth or vice versa I think he's referring to how nothing has a name. anything can be anything. It's kinda like if you drop your books and someone helps you pick them up do you really remember their face or remember them at all. they're just a face in the crowd. they could be anyone.

the author then says "nothing was as it once  was" he could be referring to anything. people, ideas, thoughts, points of view. they don't always stay the same. In the beginning Joby felt scared, alone, and thought he was lower than everyone.  After the general talked with him his attitude changed. he changed a little. just like he changed we change to. everyday something happens that makes us change our ideas a little. 

nothing ever really stays in one place. we go from one idea to another. one thought to another. I am constantly going from one idea to another. so we all will change. maybe not now but who knows when.