[pages 43-58]
SUMMARY
Valerie is the first one to be able to experience war life for 2 years. Yuria and Rahel goes a little later. So, in the book, tomorow is the endpoint of Valerie's adolescent times. She would never be a kid again and her childhood would disapear in the air of the unknown. Her sister Sonia, actually, left home first and is in the Air Forces. Both sisters in the war. Before she left, friends and family say their goodbyes and good lucks. Which is such an emotional part of the complicated situation of leaving home and return back, being a different person.
QUOTE
"What is this habit people have of not saying who they are on the phone! It really annoys me, I mean it really annoys me! Do they think I've got a videophone implanted in my left hemisphere?"
REACTION
The author points out how the she really feels. She describes her thoughts and actions with clear sense of details and why she had acted in a certain way. Including, describing how she feels in her tone of voice. She is also very sarcastic. For example, it was the last day before she's off to the war and her friends disapeared in thin air. She didn't seem like she was upset until she said that she should of has said to them, "Right, girls, I'm heading off to the army on the 19th of September. If it's not a problem for you, I wouldn't mind if you were around on the 18th. You never know, I might want to have a bit of a chat with you. I mean, if you've got better things to do, don't hesitate, pretend im not here, I certainly wouldn't want to impinge on your freedom, I know how important it is. In less than twenty-four hours I won't have any at all..."
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Friday, October 8, 2010
"When I Was a Soldier" blog #2
[pages 28-43]
SUMMARY
Varlerie has a job at the "Extrapharm". She is underpaid upon her hourly rate. As she earns little money for 120 hours per mouth. She kept explaining the results of the 'baccalaureat'. Which is her town's army name. If you found your Mr. Perfect, what's the point of meeting him if you end up having to fight in the war? She begins to question upon her future. Her questions leads to her hoping that the future would be different from the present. Jean-David was the love of her life, until he moved to Jerusalem and never called her. He waited for the day that she had to do an important writen exam at school. He had told her that he met a girl in Jerusalem and he was sorry. Then, after they had said their 'good-byes', she ran to her two best friends, Rahel and Yulia, and as they held her, she let out her cries of her breaking heart.
QUOTE
"- I feel like telling them to f*** off with their words which means nothing to me, which don't get to me, i feel more and more grumpy, unhappy and angry, without really knowing why."
REACTION
The change of thoughts tells the reader how her mood changes. At first, she was excited to be faithful for her town and excited to become a soldier. However, as the days passed and the day she becomes a soldier is coming in her reach, she doesn't feel excited or happy anymore. Varlerie becomes more moody, and even builds up fear. Being a soldier isn't fun and games. It is a serious situation that you can never by-pass. She's starting to realize that she would have to leave her home and be in a strange new place. Where unexpected things waits for her.
SUMMARY
Varlerie has a job at the "Extrapharm". She is underpaid upon her hourly rate. As she earns little money for 120 hours per mouth. She kept explaining the results of the 'baccalaureat'. Which is her town's army name. If you found your Mr. Perfect, what's the point of meeting him if you end up having to fight in the war? She begins to question upon her future. Her questions leads to her hoping that the future would be different from the present. Jean-David was the love of her life, until he moved to Jerusalem and never called her. He waited for the day that she had to do an important writen exam at school. He had told her that he met a girl in Jerusalem and he was sorry. Then, after they had said their 'good-byes', she ran to her two best friends, Rahel and Yulia, and as they held her, she let out her cries of her breaking heart.
QUOTE
"- I feel like telling them to f*** off with their words which means nothing to me, which don't get to me, i feel more and more grumpy, unhappy and angry, without really knowing why."
REACTION
The change of thoughts tells the reader how her mood changes. At first, she was excited to be faithful for her town and excited to become a soldier. However, as the days passed and the day she becomes a soldier is coming in her reach, she doesn't feel excited or happy anymore. Varlerie becomes more moody, and even builds up fear. Being a soldier isn't fun and games. It is a serious situation that you can never by-pass. She's starting to realize that she would have to leave her home and be in a strange new place. Where unexpected things waits for her.
"When I Was a Soldier" blog #1
[pages 13-28]
SUMMARY
Varlerie is the name of the narrator in this chosen book. She was born in Nice, France. Varlerie described how she hated her best friend, Yulia. Hated how she acted and how she has guilty blue eyes. Every where they go, Yulia and Valerie are inseparable. However, when she's not with Yulia, she would be with her other best friend, Rahel. They are basically three best friends that lives in a town called, Beersheva. They are so best of friends, that they plan on to be soldier girls together.
QUOTE
"The same old story! It's always the same old story!" Yulia groans. "Some coke, some vodka, the boys dancing like drunken ducks, the girls getting depressed: you sweat, your make-up runs, you go to the toilet to put another layer on, but who for? Who for?" (Zenatti 16)
REACTION
The author is such a amazing write because she creates constant pictures in your head. Usually, when you pick up a book in the library and you see the word 'soldier' printed on the book, it means boring and typical war. She makes the story's boring subject, a must-read. The author style is full of powelful thoughts from not only her, but her friends also. She also connects to the teenage life, affectively.
SUMMARY
Varlerie is the name of the narrator in this chosen book. She was born in Nice, France. Varlerie described how she hated her best friend, Yulia. Hated how she acted and how she has guilty blue eyes. Every where they go, Yulia and Valerie are inseparable. However, when she's not with Yulia, she would be with her other best friend, Rahel. They are basically three best friends that lives in a town called, Beersheva. They are so best of friends, that they plan on to be soldier girls together.
QUOTE
"The same old story! It's always the same old story!" Yulia groans. "Some coke, some vodka, the boys dancing like drunken ducks, the girls getting depressed: you sweat, your make-up runs, you go to the toilet to put another layer on, but who for? Who for?" (Zenatti 16)
REACTION
The author is such a amazing write because she creates constant pictures in your head. Usually, when you pick up a book in the library and you see the word 'soldier' printed on the book, it means boring and typical war. She makes the story's boring subject, a must-read. The author style is full of powelful thoughts from not only her, but her friends also. She also connects to the teenage life, affectively.
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