10 Things About Me

10 Things About Me:
1. I'm an only child.
2. My dog likes to like my nose.
3. I have to sleep with the T.V. on.
4. I sucked my thumb until I was 12.
5. I still sleep with my baby blankey.
6. I bought a stuffed animal that looks like my puppy so I wouldn't get lonely when I went away to college.
7. I shave my arms.
8. I accidentally pulled the fire alarm in elementary school
9. I had a crush on my 5th grade teacher
10. Shopping makes me happy when I'm upset.

"Two Wars"

In the movie Two Wars, a man from Iraq had his home invaded. He came to America in the hopes of having more opportunities and his freedom. He always wanted to ask people why they are ‘for’ the war and why they think it happened, so he did.

One of the aspects of the movie that interested me was when the man would ask the Americans, “How has being in Iraq given the people of America freedom?” Most of the chosen viewers were stumbled by this question. This shocked me because usually when we ask ourselves why we are in the war we think it to be because we are fighting for our freedom. He also makes a remark about how America wants to believe that we still live up to the standards that the Founders did, but points out that that is not true anymore. In the very beginning of the movie there was a scene of a tiger and sloth fighting. The wording that went along with the scene was mentioning how the tiger and the sloth will never get along and some say it is because we do not know each other well enough and others say it is because we know each other to well and that is why we hate each other. I think this is a very important point that you should think about while you watch the rest of the movie. It brings you to think maybe the reason we are fighting with Iraq is because we do not know each other well enough and that brings fear.

I disagreed with a lot of the people answering this man’s questions. One of the Marines that he had spoken with mentioned that he thinks all terrorists need to be killed and being reminded of all the innocent people who died in the war does not bother him. This bothered me and I completely disagree with his mindset.

I ran into difficulties understanding the second part of the movie. I did not follow along with the importance of the grass being a big deal or how it was supposed to be like war. I understood that the married man was from a different place and had troubles with some of our laws and regulations, but did not really get what it had to do with the first part of the movie or war at that.