Tuesday, May 12, 2009
Johnny Got His Gun 4
He believes people should fight for something they can see, feel or pin down, and also it has to be something that is more valuable to them than their life. These too criteria for fighting also have many sides to them. He believes you should fight for something you can see like a woman for example, but when you start fighting for lots of women, you just begin fighting for a word, which is pointless. Also, he says fight for something that is more valuable than your life, but if you are fighting for something to help you live, what is the point of risking your life, because then you won't even be able to experience what you fought for because you are dead. He thinks that you should not fight for words, like freedom, liberty, honor, because what is freedom really, and what is honor. Are these things that are worth more than you existing, and being able to think, and breath, and hug you child, and have fun? The people who are forced to fight these wars of words do not always care about them. When they are on the floor bleeding to death, they are not jumping for joy because they died because of freedom, but they are wishing they could have more time to live and could see their family again. The people who die are worthless after they are dead, and is that really worth anything? These are the sorts of questions Joe is asking himself when it comes to what you should fight for. In the end, Joe decides there is almost nothing worth being dead for.
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Abbey,
You made really good points and provided good detail. I think you were very specific on that Joe thinks people should fight for a woman, but it wouldn't be worth it if there are many and fighting for yourself to live is worthless because you are risking your life. I agree with you that Joe thinks there is hardly anything that is worth losing your life for, and if there is it should be more important to you than your life. Great blog!
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