* What are your thoughts and beliefs about war?
* Do you feel that the United States should ever be involved in war?Why? Why not?
* What do you know about the Vietnam War?
1. I believe that war is necessary to bring the corrupt to justice and pay the price for a bigger prize. I feel like the United States should only go into war if the cause is just and it is necessary to protect our people. Otherwise I do not believe in imperialism. I know that the Vietnam War was fought against the communists to protect the democracy of the Vietnamese people of the South.
Monday, May 16, 2011
The Things They Carried: Blog Prompt #3
1. Wes Hamilton being upset about not even knowing a soldier's name really shows us the connection that Wes had with the men who protected him throughout his time at war. The emotional distress that had occurred really shows us how his personality has changed. I think the soldiers in The Things They Carried have more or less level of relationship with one another. With what we have read so far I would think that the men have a less of a relationship than Wes Hamilton had with his platoon. In the novel, the soldiers get in some fights and don't really talk to each other as much as Wes did with his troops. One really close relationship was when Kiowa died and all the troops went and searched for his body and stopped making jokes. http://www.aaanything.net/wp-content/gallery/girls-drool-on-bear-grylls/bear_grylls_burried_in_mud.jpg
2. Tim O'Brien portrays a strong fearless female soldier to either show the equality of woman or the fact on how anyone could be manipulated. Either way, O'Brien shows how even a young beautiful innocent looking female can turn into a ruthless animal with no morals. He wants to tell us how anyone of us strong or weak can be changed by the clutches of war. Such as Mary Anne coming in as a beautiful girl to a tribal freak who wore tongues around her neck.
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3. I don't think that non-fiction or fiction pulls away from any of the legitimacy from the book. The fiction sections of the novel show an emotional side Tim O'Brien wants us to see that he cannot pull from actual events. But, with non-fictional events, we can see the realism and put ourselves in a soldier's point of view in the Vietnam War. As long as it gives us similar emotions or views the soldier's faced during the war I don't think it will distract from the story. Like the parts where he explained how Kiowa sunk into the mud, real or not, it gives us something to really grab hold of and put ourselves in the position on whether or not we would or wouldn't save him. The sights, smells, actions of war. http://nerdplosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/black-ops1.jpg
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1. How do you think you'd change if you went to war? 2. What would you carry? 3. How heroic would you be? 4. Would you be a leader or a follower? 5. How would you react to Kiowa sinking into the mud?
2. Tim O'Brien portrays a strong fearless female soldier to either show the equality of woman or the fact on how anyone could be manipulated. Either way, O'Brien shows how even a young beautiful innocent looking female can turn into a ruthless animal with no morals. He wants to tell us how anyone of us strong or weak can be changed by the clutches of war. Such as Mary Anne coming in as a beautiful girl to a tribal freak who wore tongues around her neck.
http://flashyourtattoo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/marine-girl.gif
3. I don't think that non-fiction or fiction pulls away from any of the legitimacy from the book. The fiction sections of the novel show an emotional side Tim O'Brien wants us to see that he cannot pull from actual events. But, with non-fictional events, we can see the realism and put ourselves in a soldier's point of view in the Vietnam War. As long as it gives us similar emotions or views the soldier's faced during the war I don't think it will distract from the story. Like the parts where he explained how Kiowa sunk into the mud, real or not, it gives us something to really grab hold of and put ourselves in the position on whether or not we would or wouldn't save him. The sights, smells, actions of war. http://nerdplosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/black-ops1.jpg
http://nerdplosion.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/black-ops1.jpg
1. How do you think you'd change if you went to war? 2. What would you carry? 3. How heroic would you be? 4. Would you be a leader or a follower? 5. How would you react to Kiowa sinking into the mud?
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