Although I do not love Anna Quindlen (do not even like her much, to be honest), I thought this was a very interesting article about mothers and war and poetry. Curious yet? I especially like the last poem. Let me know which poems you liked most and what you like about them!
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Lit Terms 2
6 years ago
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I liked the last one best, too. It's kind of portraying that when you feel like you've lost someone, you'll do anything for just one word, one picture, one look. People don't get that anymore. Whoever said "Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry and you cry alone," knew exactly what they were talking about.
Madison Vaught
I loved in the article where she compares being a mother to fighting in war. Obviously they are two completly different things, but as a mother you hope to raise your kid up to be more like you but war takes them into a new world changing them to the complete opposite of how they've been taught and raised now they go out and risk their lives after being told not to go too close to the edge as a kid, they have to shoot at people they don't know while being raised they were taught to be kind and share with everyone. To me its a non human thing to be able to leave your life to kill other people and risk your own life but its good that their are people willing to do it for our country but i also see how it would be so difficult to watch your child stray so far from the way you raised them and expected them to go now instead of taking them to the park you drive them to the airport to watch them fly to who knows where. a much scarier thing.
Taylor Crumbley
I love both of your comments. Taylor...wow! This is the greatest comment I have heard from you on this little blog journey. Awesome!
I like the last one the most. Mainly because it shows how desperate people get when they are constantly worrying about if their loved one is still alive or not. One piece of writing, one piece of cloth, anything from them keeps their hope up. For some people who are attached to the person so much that the period without any kind of communication could cause them to go mentally insane and could even cause them to commit suicide, only in very severe cases luckily.
Kind of like Madison said, when soldiers are away, people who know them and are close to them, jump for joy when they recieve a letter, telephone call, or just a picture from them. In The Things They Carried, Tim O'Brien said he would dream about people close to him who past away so that he could remember what they were like. He would create scenes in his mind and sometimes put words into their mouths. I think when we feel like we are loosing someone or have lost someone, we would sometimes give up everything to see them one more time.
Jenna Stewart
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