Joe's desires

I kind of talked about Joe's desires in my last blog. What he wants more than anything is to have his limbs back. He wants to get out of the hospital and to feel the fresh air. He wants to be around people again. He is very lonely. And he wants to go out and show the world what war can do. If I were in Joe's position, I would only want some of the things that he wants. I would want out of the hospital for sure. I think I would feel like a prisoner just like Joe does. And of course I would want my limbs back. I cannot imagine having to live like he does. I think I would go crazy not being able to communicate, that would be so frustrating. I do not think that I would want to go around showing people what war is really like. I think it is important for people to see it, but I do not know if I would actually want to go around and do it. But I don't know it's hard to know how I would feel in his situation. I completely understand why Joe does not want Kareen or his mother to come and see him in the hospital because he is ashamed. It's really sad, but I think I would feel that way too. I know that it would cause a lot of pain for my family to see me in the state that he is in, and I would not be able to communicate with them or even see them and I just think that would be incredibly hard and cause a lot of emotional pain.