Sunday, April 6, 2008
Week 12 closed topic
I think that isolation and assimilation are portion of the themes in this book. Emmitt comes home from war and feels out of place and a bit isolated because his home and he have both changes. Sam throughout this novel is trying to assimilate into what and how Emmitt feels. She actually seems to be searching for isolation. When they are traveling she makes a comment about not being able to get lost in America but that she wishes she could. She wanted to be somewhere where no one could find her just like Emmitt was somewhere he couldn't be found. Just like in Tim O' Brien's "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" Sam is wanting and trying to become part for the war and the experience. While Emmit struggles to assimilate back into society Sam is trying to assimilate out.
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Classic. I posted my blog a few moments after you and we both had similar topics. I found the book refreshing as it gave us a different perspective of war which many films and books rarely touch on. We as a reader were looking at War from a veterans standpoint, which I found interesting and honest. Did you prefer this new standpoint or from a war time standpoint?
I really enjoyed it actually! It was a nice switch. I found it a bit easier to realate to. I have always been more of a tom boy so I identified with Sam quite well. I could see myself doing some of the things she did to relate to Emmitt.
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