-Birth and death seem to go together. With the death of something, there is generally a new birth soon to follow. With the death of winter, spring soon follows with a refreshing new birth of all of the plants and trees. War can turn into a complete destruction, especially with atomic and nuclear bombs. The idea of birth and death went with the war because of the soldiers that saved their sperm. They knew they were going to die so they saved their sperm in hopes that a new life would come from it.
-The idea of saving sperm is not the nicest thought, especially when people are saving their sperm in their flasks. This portrays that the soldiers had nothing else to save it in, no proper way of saving sperm. Also, the idea of saving one's sperm seems like a last resort. The situation must have gotten so bad that the soldiers wanted to do something to attempt to live in some way.
-A poet is so much more understanding to one's feelings. A poet could understand the dead soldier and what he was trying to say. The poet understood what the soldier wanted to say. A journalist focuses more on the facts of the situation. The journalist would have simply noted that there was another charred soldier. The poet took the time to actually look at the soldier and figure out his story.
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I had the exact same thoughts about the poet vs. the journalist. Poets write about feelings so therefore they have a better understanding of how to portray rather than simply document.
I agree with you and i never thought about relating it to teh seasons in this story so i thought that was an interesting view on it. I also saw savng sperm as a last resort. they want to keep there blood line going and will do anything to do it.
I agree with the statement that birth and death go with each other. I think it is really true what people say. With every birth, there is a death and vice versa.
I like your interpretation of the saving of the soldier's sperm as a last act of total desperation. I agree with this and it seemed that this was the only way for them to live
I like your analogy about the death of winter and spring soon following with new birth. I thought this story overall was just wierd. Yea the tie between birth and death can be made but it just seems like the message was about soldiers saving semen because they wanted there names to go on even if they arent there.
I agree with you about the sperm. Your blog is very organized.
I agree with your thoughts about birth and death. Also I like how you interpreted birth and death like the seasons.
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