But watching the terrified soldier resist the meaningless ending of his life, we realise that this is beside the point. The real question is: in the face of war’s insanity, is it reasonable to expect a sane person not to be a coward, to choose death over life?
Jai Arjun Singh comments on Kubrick’s Paths of Glory. I can’t help but recall Yossarian and Catch 22.
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Jabberwock
Oct 30th, 2006 at 2:05 pm | #
Jai Arjun “Sigh”? I never sigh while blogging…
Confused
Oct 30th, 2006 at 4:12 pm | #
Jai,
Sorry, was in a hurry. Corrected.
Now, you are back to being a Singh.