Explain the dream with Christ.
Joe's dream with Christ symbolizes and outlines his differences from other people who died in he war. We see this as he plays cards with a few other guys going off to war who all already know how their going to die, and he is alienated from them because he doesn't die, which one of the guys points out but then they decided to let him stay with them because they decided his fate is worse than theirs because Joe is neither among the living or the dead. He's like in his own state of being.
Wednesday, May 21, 2008
Monday, May 19, 2008
Morse Code
Why does Joe start tapping?
Joe wants to be able to communicate with people. He wants to show them that he’s not completely disabled, that he still has a perfectly good mind. He spends much of his time sensing vibrations to try and figure out what is going on. He eventually realizes that if he can read other peoples vibrations then why couldn’t they read his. So he begins using mores code to try and communicate with the nurses.
Joe wants to be able to communicate with people. He wants to show them that he’s not completely disabled, that he still has a perfectly good mind. He spends much of his time sensing vibrations to try and figure out what is going on. He eventually realizes that if he can read other peoples vibrations then why couldn’t they read his. So he begins using mores code to try and communicate with the nurses.
Mastering Time
Why does Joe decide to master time? How does he do it?
Joe does not really need to obey the laws of time for the most part because he doesn’t do anything but lie on his back because that’s all he really can do. However he doesn’t like being cut off from the rest of society, which the rest of society has to obey the laws of time. So Joe feels that if he can master time, in a way he could reconnect with society. Joe first tries to count every second of every miniute, and every min. of every hour and every hour of every day but in the end he couldn't realistically do that and realized it was to difficult of a goal. So instead he started measuring time by the intervals in which the nurses visited him, and he also judged when it was dawn by the sunlight he could (or at least he thought) he could feel on his neck.
Joe does not really need to obey the laws of time for the most part because he doesn’t do anything but lie on his back because that’s all he really can do. However he doesn’t like being cut off from the rest of society, which the rest of society has to obey the laws of time. So Joe feels that if he can master time, in a way he could reconnect with society. Joe first tries to count every second of every miniute, and every min. of every hour and every hour of every day but in the end he couldn't realistically do that and realized it was to difficult of a goal. So instead he started measuring time by the intervals in which the nurses visited him, and he also judged when it was dawn by the sunlight he could (or at least he thought) he could feel on his neck.
What is worth fighting for
What does Joe believe is worth fighting for? What is not worth it?
Joe believes in fighting for something that is meaningful to you. Like a person close to you, maybe ur family or girlfriend or just a close friend, or maybe just someone that needs help, but he feels that this needs to be done on a one to one scale. Like you can help someone but once you start fighting for everyone then it just becomes a word your fighting for and Joe doesn’t think fighting for a word is worth dieing for.
Joe believes in fighting for something that is meaningful to you. Like a person close to you, maybe ur family or girlfriend or just a close friend, or maybe just someone that needs help, but he feels that this needs to be done on a one to one scale. Like you can help someone but once you start fighting for everyone then it just becomes a word your fighting for and Joe doesn’t think fighting for a word is worth dieing for.
The rat and Joe
Blog – Why does the rat come to visit Joe? What does it represent?
The book doesn’t actually make clear what the rat is. It could possibly just be an itch, but what makes is significant is that Joe doesn’t know. He is unable at this time to tell dreams from reality. For all he knows the rat could be real and the nurses could all just be a dream, but he has no way of knowing.
The book doesn’t actually make clear what the rat is. It could possibly just be an itch, but what makes is significant is that Joe doesn’t know. He is unable at this time to tell dreams from reality. For all he knows the rat could be real and the nurses could all just be a dream, but he has no way of knowing.
Joe's situation
Blog – What is Joe’s situation? Why does he compare it to drowning?
Joe was injured in the war. He lost his face, arms and legs. He is still alive but he cannot communicate all he can do is lay on his back and think. He can’t even tell the difference between dreams and reality. He compares his situation to drowning because he is like a dead weight. He is completely vulnerable and helpless, slipping between dreams and reality and that he says is like drowning.
Joe was injured in the war. He lost his face, arms and legs. He is still alive but he cannot communicate all he can do is lay on his back and think. He can’t even tell the difference between dreams and reality. He compares his situation to drowning because he is like a dead weight. He is completely vulnerable and helpless, slipping between dreams and reality and that he says is like drowning.
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