roman’s blog

 Marathe’s argument that we choose who to love is quite different from Steeply’s in that there is no choice about whom or what we love. I lean more toward steeply in the same way that I agreed with his explanation of the Trojan War. Steeply came off as the more practical type who would adhere to facts rather than emotions. Yes, I think Marathe is right to a degree that we have the ability to choose who we love but as far as other “attachments” I don’t think there is always a choice. Sometimes these attachments seem to find us and “choose” us instead. For example, many people as if by luck (and sometimes not) have something happen to them that they never seek out personally, such as being born into a certain religion, in which case they’d have less choices to make about who or what to love growing up in that atmosphere. Secondly, Marathe’s notion that one must have, “something worth dying for without thinking twice, because otherwise you’re a slave to self sentiments” is pretty wild, especially considering that not everyone at any given moment is ready to die for something. People can search many years for that thing that’s “worth dying for,” simply because they haven’t found it yet or maybe “it” hasn’t found them yet. Either way, that “thing” whatever it is, is what made Marathe more passionate about his life and is also what makes people who’ve also found it more passionate about their own. It’s all about the search and just because someone else doesn’t know what it is that he loves most, doesn’t mean he never will.