So you may be wondering why my blog is titled this...well there isn't one specific reason why. First, I think it's a great quote from the movie Forrest Gump. Also, I like the message it teaches. Life is unexpected, and no one knows what lies before them. We have to take the chance and go see for ourselves if we ever want to accomplish something. This is also a lot like reading. We start out reading a book not knowing where it will take us. The ending is unknown until we reach it; sometimes it ends good and sometimes it ends bad. However, we will never know how it turns out in the end if we do not keep going.

Monday, June 7, 2010

Juxtaposition

"War is nasty; war is fun. War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead" (page 80). O' Brien uses this passage to state the various contradictions of war. He shows that war is dangerous and grotesque. However, he also mentions that "you can't help but gape at the awful majesty of combat" (page 80). There are many different views and opinions of war, and most of them seem to contradict one another. This contradiction emphasizes the point O' Brien is trying to make. He wants to show the dangerous, nasty, life-threatening, and violent side of war. In addition, he also wants to show the fun, thrilling, and feeling of achievement one may also gain from the war. War is a very contradictory subject, and O' Brien shows this through the use of juxtaposition in this passage.
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