Quote #1:"I was almost a solider Julian.I was saved by a massacre." Achak, 318.
Quote #1: response: this quote goes with question number 2. during there trip, nothing was normal, things that were previously thought to be good can be bad. Things previously thought to be bad can be good.
Quote #1:personal connection: I have always tried to make sense of the world, but it is events like this one that leave me confused. Einstein once said"We can never understand it all."
Question#1:How people do you think go into the army willingly and how many are forced to?
Quote #2:"No one wanted to enter the forest, for in the forest, boys disappeared" Achak, 328
Quote#2:response:I chose this quote because the boys don't really disappear. However to a boy who has been walking and has little energy for reason, this would make sense.
Quote#2:Personal connection:I remember a time when I was that young and people vanishing,orfalling off the face of the earth made sense.
Question#2:do you rember a time when you thought something but now realalize how absurd it was?
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Quote #1: I agree with you about what I understand but I dont understand what you are trying to say.
ReplyDeleteQuestion #1: I think that there are about 1/5 of the people being forced.
Quote #2: I agree that maybe Achack is simply tired and that is why nonsense makes sense to him.
Question #2: When I was little I thought birds were airplanes for bugs, and germs.
Quote #1: Response/Comment: It kind of confuses me on what you are saying, but I think I agree with it. If they expect something bad to happen then something good might come out of it, which is totally true.
ReplyDeleteQuestion #1: Answer: I think that in this specific war, a lot of people were forced to. I don't think people just volunteered their lives just to go against the strong and powerful government when they had happy lives beforehand.
Quote #2: Response/Comment: I agree, but I think this quote symbolizes more than just imagination. I think it also shows how unsafe it was, and how they had to be constantly worried about their survival.
Question #2: I have thought a lot of absurd things when I was little. I don;t think that this quote was an absurd thing, though, I trule believe the boys never came back.
Quote 1:I dont really understand this quote. I dont think it really has a meaning. but I guess he was kind of considered a soldier, becasue he was in the red army, but I dont know if that is what you are saying about this quote
ReplyDeleteQuestion 1:I think it all depends on what war I guess, but I dont think a lot of people want to go fight. But i guess some people want to but i think for this war, most people were forces, but some of the wars that are happening now, I think some people volenteer to go fightfor their country
Quote 2:I agree with you. I guess it isnt really possible for anyone to dissapeer, but a lot of them are dying, and maybe a lot of them die in the forest.
Question 2:Uhm not really. I dont really get how this question has to do with this book, but when I was little, just like every other kid, I used my imagination, and thinking back on it now, of course i thought it was absurd.