The passage in the book i chose is called Brotherhood by Sergeant Dena Price Van den Bosch on page 188-189. It's a poem that was written about how you can be friends with people around you that are complete strangers. One of the really good quotes is,"These same faces... may someday crawl one hundred meters under fire to reach their brother with no guarantee they'll return." I related this to Fallen Angels in the general sense. That although these people are complete strangers they look towards each other for guidance. For example, Perry looks for guidance in Peewee when they hold hands, sleep together, and are in the hole at the end of the book. When it comes down to it, the people to your left and right are the only people you have.
I also related this to when Peewee gets the "Dear John letter". In the poem it says,"These same faces... who share their smokes out of collective boredom while offering their own version of sympathy to stories of unfaithful wives..."It just goes to show that once again, in the face of things like this you really have to open up your heart to your fellow fighters. It truly amazes me how a complete stranger can be the person you rely on most in the most grueling part of your life.
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I like how you said "a complete stranger can be the person you rely on most in the most grueling part of your life" it seems like this can be true in many war situations when it all comes down to it you're right the person you are next to is all you have got. Good job Mackenzie!
Nicely done my love! Everything that you wrote is really true. If you're in a situation like that all you can really do is depend on the people or stangers around you. No matter what they did in this story and FALLEN ANGELS, their men were always there, and had their backs. Even though war is like the worst thing ever, it also can be really incredible in the sence that it brings poeple so close together. :)
Thanks erin! it is really true how you can be so attached to someone you barely know. its weird to think about when you havent been in that situation. what do you think you would do?
Thanks darling, and i agree, casey, it does bring people together. i know that id be the one sleeping with one of my friends when i got scared! (:
I have no idea what I would do. I think if the person next to me was the only one there, I would try to have their back you know? We're all we've got. I think they would be a comfort to me as well.
oh yeah. like i said, id be the one sleeping in the same bed with another person. im such a baby(:
Ya Kenz, I would be the one sleeping with my friend too, no questions asked. :)
YOU would be the one id sleep next too dearyy.
Hey what about me? Haha just kidding. I think I would do the same thing. I would be too scared to be by myself. Like we talked about, even if we don't know the person it still is comforting knowing that someone is "in the same boat" as us.
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