This text is quite interesting in that it gets you thinking about all the supplies, tools, and stuff the soldiers carried. What do you think you would carry? What has significance to you. To some it was a picture, to others something to protect themselves. But what do these items turn into once you are gone. Like in the selection, when a man passed away from being shot, a jacket he carried was the exact jacket used to wrap him up so the other men could carry him. Do you think that would change what you carried. Would you carry something else? Did those men even think about what they carried? To everyone something they carried was different, and each had a significance to one another. I find this story touching and I think to myself... would I ever fight in war even though I am a girl. Or what would I carry around with me taking into regard there is a lot of walking involved. Such an interesting thought...
Monday, February 1, 2010
The Things They Carried.
I sympathize with Lieutenant Jimmy Cross at the beginning of the selection because of his love for Martha. The way the author describes the Lieutenant just thinking of her lips upon the envelope and knowing they were there. Just brought chills to my body. Imagine being away at war, and that is your joy your utter happiness to receive a letter from the woman you love. War, I think is taken so lightly. I believe that from day to day it does not cross peoples minds that even today we are at war. At this time someone's brother, or father, or grandfather is dying so that inevitably we can live. Just because the war is not happening in our backyards, we cannot be naive. So when this selection states how happy the Lieutenant was every time he received something from Martha is touched my heart. And how hard it must be for her to have the man she loves off to war. I cannot even fathom such a selfless act soldiers do for us everyday.
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This was very insightful and thought provoking. I think the war is forgotten about, at least by me, because its not in my backyard. My greatest thought sometimes is just turning in homework on time.
ReplyDeleteThank You.
The beginning of your post was very related to what I've thought about throughout these past few years. People don't always remember that we are in a war or they just fluff it off becuase it's not effecting them. My father works at the Dover Air Force base and identifies the soilders that come back from war and this is his service to the people that serve for us. And by default our family has a lot of respect for the soliders because when ever my dad comes home from work and says they had 6 more soliders come back today we always think about their families.. its a sad thought but its the time we live in right now.
ReplyDeleteWow, good thinking.
ReplyDeleteYou;re blog was very insightful and helpsul. I have to agree we quickly forget of those who are at war as we live our own busy lives. All we worry about the here and now. Many times its not even about how others are doing but mostly fovused on ourselves. We become careless in lifting each other up or simply saying a quick prayer for those around us. May we take from this what lesson need to be learned. Once again, good post.