The book “The Things They Carried” helped me sharpened my “humane imagination” because it made me realize about the importance of background before doing something, the respect of different ideologies of others, and also the importance of self esteem and not do something based on others. Even though the situations in the book are from a war, most of the stuff can be related to daily life and after reading this book my opinion about values, feelings, and thoughts about others changed.
A way in which the book changed my mind is by realizing how important are the opinions of others to them. Before going to war many people have the debate of whether going or not and many of them made their choice based on the opinions of their families or friends as in the quote “I was afraid of walking away from my own life, my friends and my family, my whole history, everything that mattered to me. I feared losing the respect of my parents. I feared the law. I feared ridicule and …show more content…
The quote “More than anything, though, the stockings were a talisman for him. They kept him safe”, shows that any thing that the soldiers believe that is important could make them change their mind because they would believe that it would give them luck and safe them. Henry Dobbins carried his girlfriend's pantyhose and anyone would think that clearly the pantyhose is not going to carry any luck. But if you think about the situation they are in, it makes you notice why they believe that. They are risking their life and they are always in danger. Any item that carries a memory or moment gives them hope. That's why we should respect their decisions because they are living in harsh conditions and they always have to stay alert because they might die. If a pantyhose is the item that gives them hope or makes them feel safe let them think
A way in which the book changed my mind is by realizing how important are the opinions of others to them. Before going to war many people have the debate of whether going or not and many of them made their choice based on the opinions of their families or friends as in the quote “I was afraid of walking away from my own life, my friends and my family, my whole history, everything that mattered to me. I feared losing the respect of my parents. I feared the law. I feared ridicule and …show more content…
The quote “More than anything, though, the stockings were a talisman for him. They kept him safe”, shows that any thing that the soldiers believe that is important could make them change their mind because they would believe that it would give them luck and safe them. Henry Dobbins carried his girlfriend's pantyhose and anyone would think that clearly the pantyhose is not going to carry any luck. But if you think about the situation they are in, it makes you notice why they believe that. They are risking their life and they are always in danger. Any item that carries a memory or moment gives them hope. That's why we should respect their decisions because they are living in harsh conditions and they always have to stay alert because they might die. If a pantyhose is the item that gives them hope or makes them feel safe let them think