"Family? Mother Land? or Both?"

           The Aeneid by Virgil and the Iliad by Homer have similarities.  Aeneas wife, Creusa and they're son Ascanius pleads Aeneas to not fight. But, he did not follow his wife.  The same as Andromache, the wife of Hector and their son Astyanax. He did not obey his wife.

          Both of them fought for their country. They do it for the safety and security of their country and family as well. They decide for the best of their family and country. This symbolizes their great love for their country and family. This also shows the true strength and dignity of a man and a fighter that everyone of us must fulfill.  They will do anything and willing to sacrifice even their life for the sake of their love ones. 

Noreen S. Ortiz

III-Oxygen

Blog #4.3

"Ultimate Victory Through Defeat and Terrible Loss"

           The Aeneid by Virgil is a great book with lots of themes and lessons as well. One of its theme is ultimate victory through defeat and terrible loss.  Lots and lots of defeat and losses are faced by Aeneas in his journey. Those struggles are used as lessons for Aeneas to faces those problems that he encountered.

                   Though many tragedies are faced, those are conquered. Those experience are use as the foundation of Aeneas strength. He was able to face all of those problems because of the troubles and problems that he had gained. 

Noreen S. Ortiz

III-Oxygen

Blog #4.2 

"Seeing Your Mother Land Slowly Fading Like Ashes"

What would you feel if you see your mother land falling into pieces and fading into ashes? Maybe you'll be ashamed and blame yourself because you're not able to help or do anything just to save your home. You can't do anything except for starring it while it's turning into small particles like ashes. You're countrymen, you're treasure land, cultures, tradition and even history will just turn into ashes.

I really feel sympathy while Aeneas is telling the story about the fall of Troy. But at the same time I feel angry for their stupidity.  They trust someone whom they met for the first time. Don't you think it's a kind of stupidity? But the sympathy is still there. If they not trust Sinon about that wooden horse, maybe his mother land is not destroy. There are times that we should not be a kind-hearted person. We should criticize someone first before we give are reliance to them.

Though I haven't been in the same situation as Aeneas, I can still feel all the suffering, sorrows, agony and throbbing he had gained. I felt sympathy while I read that part because I can visualize the real happenings going on. Seeing your cherished and precious land while it's fading is like killing yourself slowly and slowly.  

Noreen S. Ortiz

III-Oxygen

Blog #4.1