Tuesday, October 14, 2008

The only freedom we really have is the freedom to say no

1. If I was Yossarian, I probably would make the same choices as he did but not for the same reason. See he did not want to fight in the war because he believed that everyone was out to kill him when in reality they wanted to kill everyone not just him. If I was to lie to keep from going to the war, I wouldn't want to be in the hospital the whole time. I'd probably lie like I got asthma or something of that nature. It doesn't make sense to fight powerful systems because we suppose to be free anyway so we shouldn't even have to fight powerful systems. One good reason that might be worth fighting for is more freedom and for a better life.


2. "The only freedom we really have is the freedom to say no." I think this statement means exactly what its saying. We're told that we're free but what does being free really mean. To me being free is saying and doing what you want, when you want, and how you want it. We really can't do that. Most things that we can't do, we can't do it because of rules. My rules may not be your rules so to you killing someone and getting a life sentence in jail would be justice but to me killing someone and you getting killed in return may be justice. As a matter of fact in different customs the rules are different. So I agree, the only real freedom we have is the freedom to say no but then again I disagree. If your being drafted, you can't just say no and if your selected for jury duty, you can't just say no. Everyone is curious about some things and other people want to know why some people act the way they act. so one might say..... This person seems happy hungry and relaxed all the time while another is stressing, going through bad times and hard ships and is curous to know how this person is so happy hungry yet relaxed all the time so person 2 asks person 1 what's the deal? and the person 1 says I smoke weed so I'm high. So person 2 in returns wants to be happy as well so when asked "Do you want to hit it?" How could they just say no.

4. The rapid shifts between the base and hospital keeps the reader into the book so they won't still be thinking base when its in deed at the hospital. At the same time it could confuse a reader whose attention spand is short. The base represents a more serious place than the hospital because the hospital seems to be a joke. I mean one ward is filled with liars and cowards. Liars because they're not really sick and cowards because they're lien because they're scared to fight in the war.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Orr and Yossrian

1.Orr and Yossrian was talking about Orr eating apples and chestnuts. Orr said he eat them to make his cheeks big. The big cheeks thing was handled during the conversation. Yossrian and Cleninger was talking about people trying to kill Yossrian. Cleninger was telling Yossrian that people are trying to kill everbody not just him and that this is a war. In the conversation with Cleninger the only thing that was handled was that everyone who knew Yossrian as the assyrian thought he was crazy. I think that Orr is a good friend of Yossrian. I think that Cleninger is Yossrian worst enemy.

2. I think Colonel Cargill meant that men from the other countries are only here to kill people and win the war. Soldiers are not trying to befriend you only to kill you. They just want the war to be over so they can go home to their families.