What does Joe believe is worth fighting for? What isn't?
Joe believe that it is worth fighting for something that is extremely important, even more than your own life at the time. In the book Joe believes for example that a women is worth fighting for. Joe also explains that it is only worth fighting for something that is more important than your life because if you are only fighting for something to help you live you are risking your own life. It would be stupid to fight for something that will kill you because then you won't have the satisfaction to experience what you fought for.
According to Joe, it is also useless to fight for things such as liberty and freedom. Fighting for these things is useless and Joe thinks that the people that do fight for these things don't know what they are getting into and that they are wasting and putting their lives at risk. For example a solider may be fighting for honor but once he is in the middle of the battlefield bleeding heavily and about to die he isn't thinking about honor but how he wishes to live longer and see his family again. When you are dead you can't do anything more in your life, its over so in Joe's mind it is important to only fight for things that are extremely important and that will not cause you to die.
Although Joe believes all this he also believes that nothing is more important than your own life and if you are doing something to put it at risk you shouldn't do it.
1 comment:
I agree with you Eliott when you talk about how Joe believes you should only fight for something that truly matters or you wont get that satisfaction you were looking forward. I was thinking the exact same thing.
Great Blog!
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