In the story Similar to the Night, written by Alejo Carpentier in 1952, twenty-four hours pass in the life of a young soldier, at the same time telling the essence of human being after three thousand years. Carpentier divides the story into four sections marked by Roman numerals through which he jumps between six different war periods. On the surface it is the simple story of a young soldier preparing to embark on a major naval war expedition. Behind this facade, the telling of the story is much more detailed and complex. The narrator jumps between six soldiers who tell the story of different historical times and places. It is possible to identify changes in perspective because Carpentier deliberately mentions characters, places and events from specific dates in the story. As a result, the reader can identify the Trojan War, the conquest of the Americans by the Spanish, the colonizing expeditions of France, the Fourth Crusade, the Great War, and the Second World War. After these times, the narrative of the essential story continues uninterrupted to build a sense of metaphor between the six lives. The title of the text, "Simile alla notte", is a reference to Canto I of the epic translated into Spanish by Alfonso Reyes. The choice of a title that has its roots in the Iliad serves to underline the temporal continuity and universality of the story. The juxtaposition of stories and the construction of a coherent one serves to identify the similarities and essence of the human being. At first glance, the story begins with a young soldier looking at the sea with eyes full of hope and a spirit of adventure. "The sea began to turn green between the promon... middle of the paper... hierarchical structures cannot exist without the poverty and ignorance that armed conflicts can cause. In this way, war is fought by those is in power group against its own subjects as well as against official enemies. Modern wars are nothing more than more brutal versions of ancient ones with equal intentions. It seems that Carpentierano's vision of the future is bleak, but if they do so there are some rays of hope. We can understand its message. The first era it mentions occurs during the Iliad, a text known as one of the most fundamental of European culture, and the other eras are commemorated in literary works and historical texts and in the experiences of people since past commemorated in our history texts it may be possible to build a future without senseless wars.