The Sorrow Of War (Thursday 64-85)

1. "He thought of them as part of his life being blown away in wispy sections, leaving vast, open areas of complete emptiness, as in his own life" (Pg 68)
  •    This quote represents the themes loneliness and suffering. Kien has no family he can confide in, resulting in him suffering postwar trauma alone.
  •    The setting  in which the scene of this quote takes place is lonely and calm.
2. " Nothing lasted forever in this world, he knew that. Even love and sorrow inside an aging man would finally dissipate under the realization that his suffering, his tortured thoughts, were small and meaningless in the overall scheme of things." (Pg 71)
  •    This quote relates to the theme hope. Kien realizes that the problems he are facing today probably will not matter in about ten years.
  •    This quote characterize Kien. Although Kien is facing many postwar problems he is not letting them make him give up hope on a better future.

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Introduction

     Hello! My name is Jakara Wright. I am a junior at Ben C Rain High School. My dreams are to one day become a trauma surgeon and to own a business. My strongest subject is math.  Some of my hobbies include reading, learning about new things, and listening to music. Some of my favorite artists include Erykah Badu, India Arie, and Kevin Gates. My goals this school year are to keep an A average in all of my classes and have good attendance.
Read more

The Sorrow Of War (Sunday 126-146)

1. "You're really beautiful." Then as a veiled warning he had added, "You will be unhappy. Most unhappy. These are perilous times for free spirits. Your beauty one day will cost you dearly." (Pg 129) This quote characterize Kien's Father as a mysterious man because he never states why Phuong beauty will cost her. 2. "A sudden, darkly powerful sense of guilt had struck home; he responded prudishly, tearing himself from her arms." (Pg 133) This quote represents the man vs. self conflict. Kien wants to be with Phuong but his going off to war soon is preventing him from getting close to her. This quote characterize Kien and Phuong as a couple who is in love but the war is stopping them from being together.
Read more

When You Throw a Party and Nobody Comes

Summary      The article, "When you throw a party and nobody comes", is about a group, PCTA, who throws parties and no one attends. The group could not understand the lack of attendance. PCTA never once considered their party throwing skills were the problem. The group came up with three possible factors of the lack of attendance. The first being isolation from big population. The second being isolation from big roads. The last factor being isolation from a social scene. With those possible problems the PCTA also came up with possible solutions. The solutions include: hold more parties, more outreach, and send experienced volunteers from other sections of the trail to lead and mentor new local volunteers in isolated areas.  Questions 1. Could the lack of attendance come form the purpose of the parties? 2. Could it just be that the PCTA is bad at hosting parties? Facts 1. Through the Goat Rocks and William O. Douglas Wilderness, the PCT is in bad shape
Read more