As I was reading the beginning of “Slaughterhouse Five” I could only think about WAR. Off Corse, the book was taking about war, about Germans, about the Second World War. At that same moment my mother said “Turn on the TV, at this time, ten years ago, the twin towers fell.” Not only the twin towers, the pentagon was also struck, and an attack was planned for the white house, that never reached it´s destiny. I turned the TV on and on CNN the vice president of the United States was giving a very inspiring speech at the Pentagon. He mentioned the attacks, the lives lost, and the heroes that 9/11 made. He mentioned a particular fact: “After the attacks of 9/11, 2 million people joined the military forces to respond the declaration of war that happened that day.” He continued talking about the people that were affected that day that will never be forgotten. This got me thinking about the dystopias and utopias we talked about in class. Ten years ago, the United States was a dystopia like no other, the complete opposite of what one wishes to be the perfect day, “and so it goes.” After that day the world changed forever. Differences were marked, hatred was reborn, and a war started that will be very difficult to end.
Andrea this is a pretty good blog entry in my opinion, i really like the way you compare the events o actuality with the ones of the book , i was also pretty impacted to hear about all the people that joined the army because of 9/11 this shows the willingness of the people to help.Last but not least you talked about the united states being a dystopia my question to you is : do you think their has ever been a point in history were either the us or any other country has accomplished to be a utopia ?
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