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"On occasion the war was like a ping pong ball" (pg 31).

In every way possible this quote reminded me of Forrest Gump. First of all, because Forrest was an amazing ping pong player. It brought me to the time in the film where all of the soldiers were watching him in amazement. Then to the time when he became a world famous ping pong champion. Secondly, because he was a soldier. And last but not least, because the sentence is a simile. Although this simile doesn't compare to Forrest Gump's famous "Life is like a box of chocolates...," it is still an accurate description of war from what I can infer after reading thus far. It shows how you can look at the war in multiple ways. One could look at it as dreadful, or one could think of all of the fun things they did on the side, or the glory one felt after a victory. I am going to go ahead and mix these two lines and say life is like a ping pong ball. You can be upset with different outcomes, or you can be positive. Look at the glass half full, instead of empty some may say.