pg. 107, "The naked Americans took their places under many showerheads along a white-tiled wall. There were no faucets they could control. They could only wait for whatever was coming."

1. I chose this quote because the feeling of hopelessness and not being in control of what happens to you is one that I am familiar with. Not being able to speak up or paddling as hard as you can through an ocean yet you don't move an inch is a feeling that leaves you so empty and as if your have no purpose in life because what are we as humans if we can't practice our God given right of free speech and action?

2. A major theme of this book is what the scars of war can do to a person, and war takes away one's voice and ability to speak and think for one's self. This quote really depicts that at war the soldiers are no longer treated like human beings they are animals, or objects. They have no say or even an idea of what is going to happen to them, all they can do is wait.

3. This theme of not being in control of what happens to you is one that I connect to young children and infants. At this stage in their life everything is decided for them, they aren't able to walk, think, or speak for themselves which can sometimes hurt even more than just having your actions being dictated. When others see preschoolers being lead around town I see them being dragged and while they obviously aren't in a situation as horrible as war, it seems fairly similar, they aren't aware of where they are going yet they are forced to go and follow who ever leads them.