“Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst (Heinlein 32).” These are the words spoken by a philosophy teacher in the book Starship Troopers, words that can be applied to the setting of the book and the real world. Whenever Starship Troopers gets philosophical, the book gets very interesting to read as it usually results in a debate between the teacher and a student, giving two sides of an argument. These moments are the best parts of the book. The rest of the book is pretty lackluster. The battles are either too short or they go too quickly for me to understand what’s going on. When you take those out, you get a book that bloats itself by focusing on the time in between battles.
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Like soul-searching in Purgatory deep. There were only two times in the book when it got this way. But when it did, I wanted it to never end. I’ll give you an example. “You seemed to be unaware of it… Since you do know it, wouldn’t you say that violence had settled their destinies rather thoroughly? However, I was not making fun of you personally; I was heaping scorn on an inexcusably silly idea–a practice I shall always follow. Anyone who clings to the historically untrue–and thoroughly immoral–doctrine that ‘violence never settles anything’ I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and of the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic virtue have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms (Heinlein 32).” Do you see what I mean? Honestly, I might take philosophy now just because of this
The basic plot of Starship Troopers centers around a …show more content…
Like soul-searching in Purgatory deep. There were only two times in the book when it got this way. But when it did, I wanted it to never end. I’ll give you an example. “You seemed to be unaware of it… Since you do know it, wouldn’t you say that violence had settled their destinies rather thoroughly? However, I was not making fun of you personally; I was heaping scorn on an inexcusably silly idea–a practice I shall always follow. Anyone who clings to the historically untrue–and thoroughly immoral–doctrine that ‘violence never settles anything’ I would advise to conjure up the ghosts of Napoleon Bonaparte and of the Duke of Wellington and let them debate it. The ghost of Hitler could referee, and the jury might well be the Dodo, the Great Auk, and the Passenger Pigeon. Violence, naked force, has settled more issues in history than has any other factor, and the contrary opinion is wishful thinking at its worst. Breeds that forget this basic virtue have always paid for it with their lives and freedoms (Heinlein 32).” Do you see what I mean? Honestly, I might take philosophy now just because of this