Cities ch.8

Cities constantly get destroyed for many reasons. Cities can get destroyed in many different ways culturally, physically, and morally. This is not something new it has happened all throw history and will probably continue even if were aren't aware of it.

Dresden was destroyed, it was bombed and there were only a few survivors "there were hundreds of corpse mines"(214). The survivor had to walk through ruins and see how war tears lives apart. Once a prosperous city with people living happily, children in the streets and love in the air was then shredded to dust. In a matter of hours the entire city changed from a thriving civilization to a lonely grave. Most of the people who died didn't have anything to do with the war and probably didn't deserve it but they didn't have a choice.

Innocent people have always gotten mistreated and killed in Dresden "they were all getting killed with their families"(177). Most civilizations in Latin America were once colonized and destroyed culturally and physically. When Spaniards came they had no regards for human life and destroyed everything in their way. Now adays we have lost almost all track of many of these cultures. It is always a tragedy when this happens and hopefully someday we will understand each other enough to keep it from happening.

You will never know what you're going to miss, what you will never get the privilege of having again "made a lollipop for him... then Derby burst into tears"(161). You gotta enjoy the small things and be grateful for what you have.

These are all lessons I had to learn in the last six months during my exchange. I didn't have a bad experience but I still had to adapt and grow up. I had a fun time, but it was the first time I was without my parents for more than a week or two. I wasn't treated like one of the kids there I had to manage on my own and some times find food or transport. I didn't have a horrible time, nothing to compare with WW2 but for me it was still a change. I think this has made appreciate everything more now.

In canada I had to start from zero, make new friends and meet new people. Billy was deprived of food or comfort, which isn't even comparable to me. But it is events like these that that make people grow, appreciate and change.

Billy's "time travel"

Revenge is something awful; it’s like a cycle, which in most cases doesn't even. People even forget why they stated fighting in the first place. World War to started because Germans weren't happy about World War 1. Gangs in Colombia fight with each other because at some-point one side did something the other thing didn’t like and its been a never ending cycle of revenge from there on.

Billy dies in another act of revenge; he is killed because he disintegrated the three musketeers. Billy never had any intensions of hurting anybody but sadly he was hurt over and over again. Billy’s death was caused because of a grudge that would be remembered without a cause. Billy’s was kidnapped, his family died, his friends died and he never changed his life even thought he knew everything was going to happen.

Billy Pilgrim being able to time travel is a complex mater. We could comprehend this in many ways. After reading the book I think that time travel is Billy’s way of running away from things. Every time something death related happens he constantly starts talking about other events. But it is his tragedy to keep doing this because he will never reach a point were something terrible happens. Billy’s life is surrounded by tragedy, he can find happiness, but is he entirely happy? Or is he just trying to block his bad memories, which are undeniable?

ZOO CH.6

"Only on earth there is talk of free will"(86). I believe all animals are equal and that we don’t posses the right to mistreat other creatures because we can. Humans might be the smartest animals on they planet but sometimes it doesn’t seam like it. We shouldn’t mistreat anyone to show superiority not even our own species.

We fight, torture and kill each other, how is this smart? "name and serial number to each prisoner"(91) were given in WW2 must we also do this to our surroundings. We don’t only mistreat ourselves but also we are finishing our world and every living thing in it. People used to think black people had no soul and deserved no rights because of their skin color. Many ethnicities have been discriminated through time but the Jews were one of the most terrorized. In the second world war many things happened that were less than human, Jews were massacred and forced to work just like slaves. They were hungry, cold and desperate and had little hope of surviving it. We have somewhat learned to treat each other equally but we still have a far way to go not only with us but also with the other living things in this planet.

Animals have been killed senselessly and deliberately. Animals still are hunted for furs and mistreated without reason. I don’t believe in survival of the fittest, I think we can find a balance in which we are all benefited. We don’t have to mistreat animals or kill them if it’s not necessary for them to die. We don’t have to be began but we have to respect animals and they’re right to live. Even if we are going to use them they have to deserve respect in zoo’s and farms. Animals and people don’t have to be miserable, it’s a choice we make to let them feel that way.

Is Billy just another animal? Just another amusement? He is just another object, but this object has a life and they have torn it to pieces at their liking. No matter how we try to hide it we cant play with nature and others lives, we must comprehend the ripples of our actions.

Tralfamadore

I’ve always considered the possibility of life on other planets, theirs millions of millions of planets and more than one of then has to have something. I’m not talking about little green men but some kind of life form. I could be completely different from us or maybe very similar, I mean why wouldn't other creatures evolve in to our very adequate and useful body. Tralfamadorians had developed a culture around time and the beauty of moments, this could of been a possible outcome even for our race. We evolve to our needs, could we also become little green man given the circumstances?

I’ve read and watched tons of stuff under that topic and I find it very interesting. Most movies might portray aliens as bad and angry creatures but I can imagine a species that don’t care about war. A peaceful society of aliens in which they have no wars or fight they help each other. Billy's worries were of the human race destroying everything but any race could think the same thing. We could be peaceful, anybody could we just don't know how. Maybe these aliens are as evolved as us and as smart as us but at the same time completely different.

It’s also possible that we find their race and explore it. I ask myself shat would we do? We would probably do the same thing we say aliens do, kidnap them and use them and experiment on them, similar to what was done to Billy. Our governments would probably even exploit their planets until theirs nothing left. I hope this doesn't happen I hope we just help them out. But frankly all we can do is hope our leaders are better in the future.

Faith

"GOD GRANT ME

THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT

THE THINGS I CANNOT CHANGE,

COURAGE

TO CHANGE THE THINGS I CAN,

AND WISDOM ALWAYS

TO TELL THE

DIFFERENCE" (60)

Soldiers always put up with unbearable things, they live and fight in less than human condition and they presence death daily. Soldiers in Colombia and around the world are underpaid and overworked they fight for people they don’t know and die nameless. Being a soldier is by far one of the most terrible jobs in this planet.

My grandfather was a soldier he has told me terrible stories. He told me things he had to do and live through. He would walk through the jungles in Costa Rica much like soldiers in WW2 for days without rest. He told me on his breaks there was no human force that would make him move, he said a snake crawled on top of him but he was to tired to care. There was very little food, it wasn’t a possibility to obtain it in the jungle. He once crossed a town a nice women offered most of the soldier’s old tamales and even tough they were rotting but he said they tasted like glory. He “can not change the past”(60); in fact if he could he probably wouldn’t because every soldier does what he can and what he needs to. Soldiers are unhappy and the majority would prefer any other job but you do what you can in the conditions you are

In Slaughter House-Five they show Weary's pain and suffering of his feet. Bad footwork and over walking would make all they soldiers bleed and suffer. Some of the things most soldiers express when then talk about war is, how they didn't have their basic necessities, in the book this would mean food and for Colombian soldiers it sometimes mean the same. The only things soldiers have are their faith in god that they will live and hope that they won’t be abandoned.

Time Travel CH.2

We would all do different things if we could travel back in time, for example I would of ordered the soup not the chicken but that’s just small stuff everything could change if we could time travel. Time travel is a very controversial subject because it could be so impacting for everyone. Any change in the past would produce a chain of events that could change everything. But would we change them or would we just relive them like billly

Wars could be prevented we could even change the outcome of disasters to some point. Imagine if the people in Haiti would of known what was going to happen they couldn’t of stopped it but they could of prepared themselves. Millions of lives would be saved, but time travel can’t be achieved because of the fact that time can’t be altered and we can’t decide were and when we want to be at a certain place or time. You might have “seen his… death many times”(23) or even your own, but imagine how this could change every decision you will ever make.

On a personal level I would of invested in things like Google and Apple and I would have prevented my uncles death but I wish some would say “he is very much alive in the past”(26). None of these would have been easy but if anyone had the chance there must have been something they would like to change.

Looking Back

Slaughter House - Five is one of those books that can make you remember the past and think about the present and future. As I read about Dresden in the second world war I say to myself " Am I going to ever be in a war?, what would I do?, do I have what it takes?". I think that the most important part is not to survive the actual war but instead what comes after and especially if you will be able to live with yourself. “ Wars were partly encouraged by book and movies”(15), this is why were often mislead about the magnitude and impact war has on a person.

After you’re in a war memories of what happened, to whom it happened, and how you felt stick with you forever. In a war you will mostly have bad memories, because lets face it wars are not good but you will still remember your friends and the people you served with. “Now what was the grand result of all these struggles?” (16) the reminiscence of war are those people who fought and died, you can be sad, even be angry yet you should understand that what happened happened and you need to live in the present and know you cant do anything to change the reality.

Also the guilt of taking another mans life is something you bear with forever. This could tear people apart but you need to find a way to accept what you did or find a way to redeem yourself and ask for forgiveness. To live with yourself you need to understand that you tried your best and made your decisions on the time and situations you were in. also a lot of people find forgiveness through the church and god but not everyone does. Finally always try to live your life in good to pay for the mistakes you did and help other people or prevent future war.

Infinite Possibilities with Blogs

As i read about Blogs in the excerpt i understood its an open journal to a persons thoughts, way of life and topics of each persons interests. Blogs can be about anything we like and therefore their one of the infinite ways to express ourselves, some might even think they could be from a form of news to art. Blogs are opinions or points of view as much as they present facts or news. Even if they blogs are about random things like my cousins My Ugly Hat blog but they can also be of serious matters like politics.

This blog is about my personal view of things, how there is always possibilities and ways to do things. I firmly believe doors are open, and it will never be necessary for one to close in order to impact your life. My blog wont just be this but also much more and hopefully everyone will benefit from my experiences and my opinions. Also as time passed people change, everyones opinion changes from day to day depending on what has happened to them and how they feel. Don't take my opinion as your own but use it in you benefit and read with an open mind. This blog will probably change to but i still hope anyone who reads it will still value my opinion

The world can be connected through blogs and as the internet gets bigger and bigger more blog will come and go but meanwhile i hope anyone can enjoy mine.