The Forever War is a novel I have been reading set over in the Middle East. This book has heavy emphasis on perspectives and is quite an interesting story you can emerge yourself into.
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Feature Writing Piece Ideas
I am still in the midst of deciding which topic I intend on writing about, but there is this one particular subject I would be interested in addressing; how far people should go to protect pets. My ex-roomate witnessed his friend attack another person after a person shot his friend's dog with a pellot gun in response to the terrier pooping on the edge of his lawn. The police came upon the scene and sided with the dog owner due to the fact that he was defending a helpless animal. People go great lengths to defend their pets. Sometimes defending a pet may get extreme and violent, while other times it's a simple argument resolved. The lengths people go to defend their pets would be a very interesting subject to address to the public.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
The Forever War: Home Sweet Home?
Progressing through this book, many of the Afghans talk of Afghanistan as their home and they fight with all of their hearts to defend their homes and families. It is very ironic that they have such strong emotions about their homes when the majority of their country is destroyed and now just rubble from countless bombings and battles. Gul Nabi was sitting on a brick wall looking at his destroyed house and the wooden planks used to make a grave for his entire family. The city of Khan-i-Merajuddin was nothing more than a graveyard with more bodies than there were gravestones. When everything in their homeland is already destroyed, what keeps a man fighting? What else keeps them fighting and staying strong to their beliefs? The determination these people have to keep fighting is unmatchable; I have never heard of people fighting for their homeland when it is already in rubble.
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