Exploration 7: Anthony Applegate

Part One:

The book always brought me back to thinking about those that do make the ultimate sacrifice and risk their lives for ours at home. I want to take from the book, what our wars mean from a soldiers perspective today and how it could effect them back at home. My favorite character was Azar besides his extremism and harshness because, he seemed able to keep his mind out of the war by indulging himself. I don't Azar was to far gone but was just trying to cope with what was going on. One thing I'm taking with me from this novel is that no matter how bad something seems in class or job, I'm just going to think about the guys waist deep in that shit-field in Vietnam.

Part Two:

The character that means the most to me is the fictional character Leslie Knope from Parks and Recreation. She's the greatest character to me because, she is the hardest working character in that show who is motivated to get what she wants in life and does anything to get there. In the show they reveal that Leslie had always wanted to be the governor of Indiana her home state since she was three years old. She accomplishes this dream by the end of the series finale when she was much older in life and it goes to show how long and hard she worked and waited for it to pay off. She showed how persistent and hardworking you have to be to achieve a life goal and how far ahead you must start preparing for a life goal. In the end of the shows she always shows how important friends are in life and how much to appreciate and enjoy them. I recommend anyone looking for a new T.V. show to watch Parks and Rec.