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.

Thursday, June 3, 2010

Rhetorical Question

"The very facts were shrouded in uncertainty: Was it a Civil War? A war of national liberation or simple aggression? Who started it, and when, and why? What really happened to the USS Maddox on that dark night in the Gulf of Tonkin? Was Ho Chi Minh a communist stooge, or a nationalist savior, or both, or neither? What about the Geneva Accords? What about SEATO and the Cold War? What about dominoes?" (page 40). This passage shows the many questions that passed through O'Brien's mind as he thought about the war. He asks these questions; however, he does not intend for them to be answered. He does not actually want to know the answers to these questions. He is simply trying to prove a point. He wants to prove that America is being divided over these numerous issues. He does not understand the reasoning behind this war and why it is costing so many lives. Therefore, he is questioning the reason why he should have to fight for something he disagrees with.
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