Boots (The Stranger pg.192-215).

A war between Syria and Israel leads to two important conclusions. Like Kapuscinski says, "When war breaks out, everyone in Israel goes to the front and civilian life dies out. While in Syria, many people did not find out about the 1967 war until it was over." I agree with Kapuscinski when he states that the only excuse for Syria loosing the war was because the country, the people, did not support their army. They did not show them any motive to fight with all their might, while the people in Israel do the exact opposite. Throughout my whole life, I have seen the difference of doing something by youself, and doing something with the support of others. When you are supported you are more motivated to do things, you feel appreciated. It is very important to feel supported in every thing that you do, wether you are playing in a team, or wether you did something wrong and you need people beside you. I believe it has been very clear through history how people succeed with the suppert of their friends and family and how others fail for being all alone and without any motivation.

Another interesting topic to discuss is how Kapuscinski describes the daily life of the Greeks, while being at war. "All day beginning in the morning, the Greeks sit in chairs in front on the little cafes. Until noon they sit facing the sun; at noon they pull the chairs into the shade;in the afternoon they move back into the sun. these are the men-no women." How can this be pissible? How can the Greeks avoid conversations with each other so they do not start arguing over the war? How can people be or act as if they were calm, when their army need their support? All these questions crossed my mind whie reading thins chapter. It is amazing to see how many people lost their homes, and meanwhile, others just pretend that nothing is happening. This chapter really made me think how much time we spend each day thinking about ourselves, while we could be supporting and helping people that get affected each day by the situation in Colombia and around the world today.