Wednesday, May 1, 2013

Chapters 1 and 2

"You'll pretend you were men instead of babies, and you'll be played in movies by Frank Sinatra and John Wayne..." (14).

This picture shows a scene from the movie Saving Private Ryan. It shows the gruesome reality of war instead of the heroic scenes in other movies. Mary would have wanted war displayed like this so that less would be fought because people are afraid of them.

Most movies and television shows display war as an entertaining and heroic thing. I do not think that it should be represented this way because it gives people the wrong idea. They think that it will be easy so they join the military. Then once they arrive  they realize that war is a terrible and horrific thing. If we were taught this at a young age then maybe we think twice before we declare war on another country.


"The soldiers' blue eyes were filled with a bleary civilian curiosity as to why one American would try to murder another one so far from home..." (51).

Vonnegut is trying to make fun of the fact that humans are always fighting each other for no reason. In this picture two hockey players are pointlessly fighting each other.

I believe that the world would be a much better place if everyone could resolve their differences by talking. Instead everyone fights and in the end we all lose. If we could work together everything would work more efficiently, and the world would be better off.

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