Friday, October 8, 2010

The Ugly Truth (Q3)

Yes I agree. Because War does not choose anyone. It doesn't matter if your a civilian, a soldier or an innocent child. War will destroy anyone who gets in its way. War will destroy each and everyone of man's life. War will certainly destroy a man's character.

Achilles insatiable appetite for death was manifested when the Greeks invaded Troy his almost invincibility in combat caused many Trojan wives, mothers, and sisters without their husbands, sons, and brothers. Even his own cousin, Patroclus looked up to him as his hero, followed his footsteps in war resulting in his death in the hands of hector, whom hector thought otherwise that it was Achilles he was fighting. With that, the fight between Achilles and Hector is more of a personal vendetta for Achilles, for no honor was given to Hector after slaying him. When the Greeks finally entered Troy, they indulge themselves to unrestricted killings, burnings of the once magnificent city of troy. For the Greeks is to erased any memories, monuments that a city of Troy once existed.

War is inevitable. War can end human kind. We cant stop war from happening.


Thursday, September 30, 2010

MENALAUS

        The better man would be Menelaus. As Antenor stated that Menelaus is not just a man of war but he has a clear mind, that he did not say much but when he speaks it's very clear, for he was not one of many words or not one to miss the right word, yet he is younger. He may have reacted too much that brought about the war, for a woman? You would launch armies of Greece to bring her back? But it's quite understandable you were her husband and yet you ran off with another man, you two are bound together and should stay forever, but if Paris was not so boldly blind for love and asked for the most beautiful woman on earth from Aphrodite, the the Trojan war would not have happened.

        As to state who can be compared to Menelaus in our present day, I would choose our President, Noynoy Aquino. He has a clear mindset of what to do, a very religious man and a kind person. He would probably the closest I can think of to be compared to Menelaus.