Friday, May 9, 2008

What Does Joe Want?

Joe cannot speak, smell, see,or even hear but he can feel. The only thing that he has is his mind, and himsel. He only know that he is conscious through what he feels, if he couldn't feel than he would think he was dad. Amidst all of this, he wants what every human being wants, to not be alone. Right now he can't communicate with other people, he knows they are there, but it is always comforting to be able to communicate. I think that what Joe wants the most is to communicate what he wants to the doctors, whether that is death or just wanting to be heard. If he can do this, then he won't feel alone. He is literally trapped in his own mind, he wants legs, arms, a face, anything so that he can get out of his mind. But it is not only his mind that he is a prisoner of, he is also a prisoner of the doctors, they cannot and will not help him. They won't even let him out of his hospital room, for fear that people might really see what happens in war. If he were to be displayed, then people would realize that fighting for an idea is worthless, since you, yourself have nothing to gain. This is what Joe thinks, he wants to fight for something that he can see, not just words. He wants many things that we take for granted, but most of all, he just wants to be heard.

2 comments:

Olivia Harvey said...

I agree Elise gives all the things that Joe wants and then reasons he wants them so bad, she talks about why he can't do something like go out of his hospital room because they fear what people will think when the see him and they will see what the war is really like.

ieyshawalker said...

Hey Elise,

I totally agree with what you have said in your blog. The main thing that really 'popped' out while I was reading your blog was the last sentence. I think that was a simple, however, definitely true way of describing Joe's wants. We all take for granted the material things we have such as clothes, but I do not think many of us think about how we have arms, legs, face, and senses. We usually do not think about these things and being thankful for them.

I really love the point you made.

Nice thorough blog.

-Ieysha