How is War a Way to Settle in Agreement if it Only Brings More Bloodshed and Unsettlement? How Can Something so Violent Bring Ease and Treaty?

War is mistaken as a battle for freedom and peace as it is just a horrifying battle. Many have lost their lives in war that it just creates more hatred in their loved one's hearts. War isn't a way to settle in agreement. Our government thinks it is however it isn't. Sometimes it is necessary to go to war but only if we are sure it cannot be settled through conversation. For example, back during the American Revolution it was necessary to go to war. Although the colonists didn't notice that this decision would show up as an opportunity to go to war. Young boys began to think that being in the war was an offer you couldn't resist whereas others didn't want. Jonathan felt like those who thought it was an irresistible offer. His friends and him would day-dream about being a soldier and wearing that uniform. Jonathan and those young fellows thought it was about the marches and parades, not war strategies or bloodshed. In this case something so violent as war brought freedom but in every dilemma that crosses someones way will it succeed or worsen the situation? Indeed, war has a positive and negative to it just like everything does. From my point of view war is not the perfect nor the right way to succeed in a situation, given Jonathan's position as a young thirteen yr old boy who has now joined the army.

Is One's Life worth Fighting For?

I say yes, it is. When your fighting for something, it can be as important as a lot of things. You can fight for honor or even tradition. However, when one's life is involved, you need to give it your all. This is best shown during ''The Fighting Ground.'' When Johnathan is at the tavern on page 19, the tavern keeper askes that he bring the gun. "Have I got your word that you'll bring it back?" said the tavern keeper. ''Yes sir" Johnathan replies. "Your honor as a man?" "Yes sir." Johnathan is now fighting for the tavern's keeper and his honor. Although, I believe a life is way more than honor because you can bring honor back, but not lives.

Does Our Universe Revolve Around Life and Death?

Does our universe revolve around life and death, no one knows the answer to this question. It all has to do with ones perspective on the world. Though it is something everybody has on their minds. Every one is thinking if there going to life to see another day. In the book The Fighting Ground page 7, Jonathan's dad doesn't want Jonathan to go to war in fear that he might not come back. Jonathan is not worrying about that in the moments notice. Death is always on someones mind beacause no one wants to be toally vanquished from this world. Death is truly scary but I think it's better to life in the moment and not let that one thing effect your lives.

Are people taking life for granted? That is the question. Some people say this is true. I am one of those people. "To take life for granted is to take life away." This is a quote told by Rolf Potts. This quote may be true. It means that if you don't take something seriously, you may as well take it away. I think that the majority of people in any group take life for granted. It is not that they do it on purpose. They just don't realize how important life really is. The question, "Are people taking life for granted," reminds me of a movie series called "Saw." The movie is about a crazed sociopath called Jigsaw. He kidnaps people who take life for granted and puts them through fatal challenges. Even though this movie is rated R, it still tells us that his opinion is that people who take life for granted don't deserve to live at all.

Are Teens Today feeling Alienation & Isolation?

A question I have is Are teens today feeling alienated or isolation? I noticed during lunch there are many people around and they all fit into their little groups. Most teens don't fit into a certian group. Or maybe when your in " grounded " and have to stay home in your room you feel alienated. I know the feeling of isolation because when a friend is mad at you and another friend takes sides your left alone when your actually not alone but since they are leaving you out your feeling a type of way which is called isolation. I truely feel teens are feeling isolation but I'm not really sure about alienation.

Are We Taking Life For Granted

Life and Death

A question that I have is, "Are people taking life for granted?" In my opinion people are taking life for granted. We don't take time to cherish the little moments in life. We think that we will live forever. But the truth is that we might not be here tomorrow, or the next day, or the day after that. I believe that instead of wasting precious time we should, "Live every moment like it is our last." This is because we don't know if it really is our last. Also, I know from a personal experience that we shouldn't believe that our loved ones will be with us forever. My experience was that my uncle whom I loved dearly died in a tragic accident. What happened is to remain unstated. When this happened I was about nine years old. I deeply and truly loved my uncle but my mother and I lived in Florida at the time. Hence,we very rarely saw him. When this tragedy occurred it opened my eyes and I realized that I had taken him for granted. The thought of him leaving us never crossed my mind, but now this experience has taught me that we have to try to spend as much time with our family as possible. I am bringing up this story because it is an example of a real life story in which a person has taken some body's life for granted.

“One cannot buy, rent or hire more time. The supply of time is totally inelastic. No matter how high the demand, the supply will not go up. There is no price for it. Time is totally perishable and cannot be stored. Yesterday's time is gone forever, and will never come back. Time is always in short supply. There is no substitute for time. Everything requires time. All work takes place in, and uses up time. Yet most people take for granted this unique, irreplaceable and necessary resource.”Peter F. Drucker quotes (American Educator and Writer, b.1909)

This quote relates to the topic "Are we taking life for granted". Mr. Drucker explains how time is something we cannot get back. This relates to the topic because time like death is irreplaceable. We may not realize this but often we are blinded by our surroundings and we do not notice that instead of going on the computer and IMing we could be spending time with someone we love and do not pay enough attention to.
Last, we do not notice how we take ourselves for granted. Quickly think about when was the last time you told yourself " Life is short so I should enjoy it, take risks, and follow my heart." You probably though back to many months or years ago. Well this is our mistake. We don't think about the present, we are always focusing on the future. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it is not always a good thing. In my opinion we should live in the spur of the moment so that we can live life to the fullest. Life is unpredictable, and you will never know exactly when yours will stop. Perhaps my opinion differs from yours but I truly believe that we are taking life for granted.

~Stacy Fernandez 705

Quotes

"we only have one life, and one opportunity to live it. We should embrace it so that later in life we don't have any regrets."
~Stacy Fernandez
“When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull by a presence or an event, we take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude”Cynthia Ozick quotes
“To think creatively, we must be able to look afresh at what we normally take for granted.”George Kneller quotes