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Summary Of The Pugilist At Rest

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Some men are made to fight. Some people are made to express their manhood through violence. The story “The Pugilist at Rest” by Thom Jones, follows the narrator, a former recon marine, through his time in Vietnam and the Corps, most of which was spent boxing other Marines, earning him a division middleweight championship. Thom Jones expresses that manhood is one of life's greatest thrills by connecting his time in Vietnam to an ancient Greek boxer, The Pugilist, who won all his 1,495 boxing matches to the death. War is the most manly expression of who they are as people. Men have fought in every war ever due to a combination of factors, the main factor being men's genetic predisposition to cooperate with other men to be aggressive with other …show more content…

The narrator's best friend, Jorgeson, wanted to live in the SoHo district of NYC, in an ‘artists loft’. “You got the feeling that Jorgeson didn’t think loving the American flag and defending democratic ideals in Southeast Asia were all that important. He told me that what he really wanted to do was have an art­ist’s loft in the SoHo district of New York City.” (Jones para. 3. Then, the sand is sanded. This quote explains that Jorgeson's nature is more peaceful and reserved than the typical loud, rowdy Marine. Additionally, he was assigned to the Headquarters Battalion as a clerk, which he explains to the narrator using the quote After the usual what’s-been-happening? b.s., he got down to business and said, ‘“They need people in Force Recon, what do you think? Headquarters is one boring motherfucker.”’ Jones para. 16). The syllable of the syllable. This quote shows that he is tired of having a boring job, and he wants to join the fight, showing his Jekyll and Hyde personality traits. He wants to join the Marine paratroopers, known as ‘Force Recon’, who are the first into the fight, the non-SOCOM marine special forces, dropped behind enemy lines to get intelligence on enemy movements, do black ops (top secret) raids, and act as bait to lure enemies for the conventional forces to attack. He says that he wants to join the Force Recon battalion so he can get in the fight and protect his

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