"They carried their reputations. They carried the soldier's greatest fear, which was the fear of blushing. Men killed, and died, because they were embarrassed not to. Its what brought them to the war in the first place. Nothing positive, no dreams of glory and honor, just to avoid the blush of dishonor" (The Things They Carried.77).
This is a great quote that I found from Tim O'Brian as it partially answers one of my questions about why do people kill? Vietnam is infamous for being a needless war, no one really wanted to go to it and yet people still killed and died for it, so what I learned was that it wasn't just to survive as what I originally thought, but more or less just to not face the embarrassment of letting down your fellow soldiers. This book really has showed that there is more to war then just surviving sometimes, its about bond ship, or as O'Brian says, its a love story
Korey,
ReplyDeleteThese blog entries are incomplete, and you have not been in class. We have a make up tomorrow morning. Please attend and speak to me in person.
Post more, which is hypocritical of me to say.
ReplyDeleteYou're behind & need to add more to your posts
ReplyDeleteFalling behind! Also, gotta put put in pictures, and a fuller explanation of the quote!
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ReplyDeleteRIP this blog man :/
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