Arguments on Mailer: When Will This End

Topic: "Why Are We At War"

When i first began to read " Why are we at War? " i knew that there would be different ideas that i would agree on and disagree on. " Why are we at War" is an explosive argument about George W. Bush and his quest for empire. The book has many different argumental statements. It also contained a lot of different statements that i really didn't understand.

The major idea that i would like to voice my opinion on would be in chapter 5 when he said that "Its not the ones who were good fathers and good mothers............that i mourn the most. Its the ones who came from families that were less happy." I disagree on this statement. Mailer straight up discrminated. No one deserves to die whether they have a good family or if they are half loved by family. It would really hurt the same either way. I feel like I am a good sister and daughter. It would hurt me to know that if i was killed in the Twin Towers that people really didn't feel sorry or mourn for me.

Another major idea that i would like to voice my opinion on would be when he's talking about "promiscious patriotism". I totally agree with everything he's saying. Do you know why people are showing a lot of patriotism in the world today? I do. The reason is because nearly three thousand people died in the Twin Towers on 9/11. Before 9/11 the world really didn't talk about presidency or anything related to war. Since 9/11 many people have started showing a lot of patriotism. It's good that people care about their country, but obviously they didn't care about it before this happened. I agree with Mailer because it shouldn't take a couple of planes to kill half the world in order for us to start showing that we have patriotism towards our country.

This was a really good argumental book. Mailer said plenty of ideas that i disagreed with and agreed with. The book to me basically criticizes the american culture but at some points in the book he does say some things that i agree with. I just hope that one day all this crazy war activity will soon come to an end.