interesting letter

So our next assignment was to read a letter from a marine who's over in Iraq. I feel so bad for this man and what he has to go through each and every day. I've read some war books before and I felt sorry for that person or persons but not as much as I do for this guy. I'm not sure why but maybe it's because this war is going on right now and now that i'm older I can feel for the person more. The way he writes makes me never want to ever go to war and it makes me wonder how anyone can bear it because I know I would absolutely hate it and probably would go crazy. I wonder how this guy will be able to function in society when or if he comes home. In Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonnegut the main character Billy goes to war and witnesses a terrible bombing of Dresden after World War II. The book follows him through different times in his life and the things he do makes him seem crazy and that he has no emotion. In one the chapters, Billy's father throws him into a pool when he's just a child. Billy doesn't try to swim or do anything to keep himself from drowning. He just sinks to the bottom of the pool without putting up any kind of fight. The guy in the letter has emotions but I think that he might just become immune to all the horrible stuff that goes on in Iraq. Now I'm not saying that he's going to go crazy like Billy but it seems like he will have some problems copeing with war. But who wouldn't?

A book that creeps me out

In english class were reading this book called Slaughter House Five by Kurt Vonegut. It is the wierdest most awful book i've probably ever read. Most days I have no idea whats going on and I try to pay attention with the book. But when I finally figure out whats going on, it totally goes into another direction and I find myself lost again. Right now I sort of know whats happening but I know that'll change as soon as we read it again.
So the other day I was trying to figure out why everyone else and me don't like this book. And I think it has to do with the different kinds of literature out there, like the genres (i think thats what i wanna say). Like I like to read suspenseful kind of stuff. I'm sure someone who likes to read science fiction novels would enjoy the book. I'm just not one of those people that likes those type of books. I think that most of my classmates aren't one of those people either but maybe i'm wrong. Also I think it's Vonegut's style of writing. He jumps from one thing to the next and it messes people up alot if they're not used to that kind of writing. He also seems a little perverted or something and he's pretty graphic at times. He has pictures of boobs in his book and talks about a picture with a woman having sex with a pony. Thats kind of perverted and creepy to me. Well thats all I have to say about that book for now. I know once we finally finish the book that i'll have more to say. For the rest of the time were reading the book i'm going to try to understand it more. But at least when we finsh the book I can say that i've read a science fiction book. And if it wasn't for Mr. Goss I know I would have never picked up a science fiction book.

a poem with a good point

Alone by Maya Angelou
Lying, thinking
Last night
How to find my soul a home
Where water is not thirsty
And bread loaf is not stone
I came up with one thing
And I don't believe I'm wrong
That nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
There are some millionaires
With money they can't use
Their wives run round like banshees
Their children sing the blues
They've got expensive doctors
To cure their hearts of stone.
But nobody
No, nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.
Now if you listen closely
I'll tell you what I know
Storm clouds are gathering
The wind is gonna blow
The race of man is suffering
And I can hear the moan,
'Cause nobody,
But nobody
Can make it out here alone.Alone, all alone
Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.

(poets.org)

The poem Alone by Maya Angelou was the poem that I thought had a really good point.It's about being alone and how you can not make it in the world or through your life all by yourself. No one likes to be alone. Some people try to make it by themselves and do everything on their own with no help from anybody. They'll eventually realize that they just can't do it. It's always nice to know that there's someone out there that can help you with whatever you may need help in.