Monday, February 1, 2010
Its way too early :/
Well this discussion in class on Friday helped clarify a majority of my questions. I would have to say that I have enjoyed reading these short stories far more than I have enjoyed reading the bizarre books that take you into another dimension or world. Well as for a main theme in this new book I could have to say and idea that stuck out to me from our class discussion was silence. Which a few of you might be thinking I’m crazy for saying this only because this book is focused on a war and we all know wars are far from quiet, but still I believe that is a central theme. An example is when in the author writes “[he] was a coward. [He] went to the war” (61). Although this theme does not jump out and bite you, it is still there. That quote ties into silence because it shows how he acts as a coward. He did not have the courage to stand up for himself and say that he did not want to fight in the war. Instead he just went along with the plan and remained silent. Another theme I see is truth. In the beginning of the book I read a quote that went, “This book is essentially different…Those who have had any such experience as the author will see truthfulness at once, and to all other readers it is commended as a statement of actual things by one who experienced them to the fullest". This means, that the entire book is being written from the authors perspective and although these stories seem far-fetched and unreasonable, we must remember that we were not there and these are written from the perspective of somebody who was. Well that’s all for now! Byeeeee
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Hmm your idea of the theme or silence is brilliant! I completely agree. I think it is because each soldier is so caught up in how their friends or family will look upon them they base all his or her actions of what he thought they would desire, instead of what he knew what was right. This caused him to just stay silent, instead of having to choose a choice in option. It is pretty bizarre I must say.
ReplyDeleteTruth is also a great example! People need to make their own decisions to be true to themselves. If they are obligated they cannot ultimately be true to the world or themselves.
Good Job Ta ta ta torrance =)
Torrrr!
ReplyDeleteOkay girl, nice blog! I really liked your whole idea of “silence” as a central theme within this novel. I totally agree with you that this is definitely a common theme within the story.
One thing that your blog got me thinking about was the soldiers being cowards. I mean yes, they did not stick up for what they believe in by not refusing to go to war, but in reality who would? I mean, I do agree that their silence was based off of fear of being called cowardly. But, on the other hand I think that they are brave for going to a war that has been frowned upon so much. President Johnson did all that he could to cover up the fatality and catastrophic reality of this war. Because of this, I admire the soldiers for enduring the war.
Okay, so like that probably didn’t make sense. But whatevs! Good job Tor :)