Alice’s Restuarant
“They had 27, 8×10 color glossy pictures with the circles and arrows with a paragraph on the back of each one explaining what each one was to be used as evidence against us.” This quote i really liked because it goes to show how things can get blown out of proportion so easily. A simple littering violation treated like the crime of the century. Which is how it was percieved by the Sargent in the story, and what led Arlo to say “I’m sittin’ here on the group W bench because you want to know if I’m moral enough to join the army, burn women, kids, houses and villages after being a litterbug.” I believe this to be his thesis statement especially because of the irony, that if you litter, you’re not moral enough to kill.
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“This quote i really liked because it goes to show how things can get blown out of proportion so easily. A simple littering violation treated like the crime of the century.”
i really like how you put this. Things get blown out of proportion all the time and made into some big deal. The media is a great example of this. They make the actions of celebrities, like dying their hair or wearing a really short dress, seem like the end of the world. You really grasped the meaning of the story and I totally agree with you on the thesis.
I didn’t even think that this was true until i did further research but honestly it is pretty interesting. The fact that this guys littering charge caused him to not go to the draft is quite funny I think.