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Monday, December 10, 2007

Maria's Question!!!!!!!

If you were an eighteen year old boy in Germany, fresh out of high-school, would you be as quick to join the army as Paul and his friends in the movie "All Quiet on the Western Front"? Why or Why not?

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

If I were just coming out of high school, I do not think that i would enlist in the Armed Services right away. The reason why I wouldn't is because I would be afriad to lose my life at such a young age!

Kari Grundmeier said...

I agree with mary.. the thought of going to war scares me and if i had a choice to wait i would take it!

Sarah Lenz said...

Ok, this would be a hard decision for me! I wouldn't want to lose my life or even have to worry about that. On the other hand, I would feel like I had to in a way!!! If all of the other boys/men were joining and I didn't i would feel a lot of pressure!!!

Anonymous said...

sorry!!! i didnt say that is was Sarah Lenz above!!!! (the one w/ the hard decision...)

oops! sorry!

Amy said...

I agree with Mary, Kari, and Sarah. It would be so scarry to know that you could die. I wouldn't want to risk loosing my life at such a young age.
On the other hand, as Sarah pointed out, I think that you would feel alot of pressure if you didn't enlist. People would think of you as a coward.
It would be a really hard choice.

rachel said...

I wouldn't enlist in the army right away. I would take a year off before I did so I could get more time to get used to not being in school.

Unknown said...

I wouldn't be as excited, because I would rather spend my time with family and friends, not around bombs, guns, and deathly gas.
-emily

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