I Blame You!!

"Like those old cowboy movies. One more redskin bites the dirt," (page 158).

Are you kidding me!? Could Azar be any more rude in this chapter? One of his good friends and teammates just died and he makes a joke about Indians dying. This quote makes me want to punch him in the face! The way some of the characters cope with death is strange.

"You could blame the enemy...the mortar rounds...whole nations...God...an old man in Omaha who forgot to vote...In the field, though, the causes were immediate. A moment of carelessness or bad judgment or plain stupidity carried consequences that lasted forever," (page170).

I adore this quote! Everyone is always trying to put the blame on somebody else when it comes down to something serious. Nobody wants to admit to their own faults and mistakes. Yeah, sure, they could have blamed the government for choosing war, and they could have blamed their Lieutenant for camping out in that particular spot in the first place, but none of them have control over the future. It is one's own responsibility for taking care of themself and making good decisions. It reminds me of school, when everyone tries to blame a teacher for the grade they receive in a class. Maybe the teacher grades differently than one thinks is reasonable, but one has to get used to that teacher's style. Every student is responsible for the grades they receive, whether they want to admit it or not.