“We Have Met the Enemy and He is Us”
After witnessing events that have taken place in the world, like the attack on September 11th and the building of a wall on the Mexican Border, I wonder what disaster will occur next. Are we the cause of this destruction and turmoil? When I reflect on the quote “We have met the enemy and he is us”, I look back at these events and realize that we are connected to them. Walt Kelly, the creator of the comic Pogo, is persuasively summing up his attitude towards mankind and the human condition. In saying that, because of the garbage and pollution surrounding Pogo’s habitat he states that “We have met the enemy and he is us”. I agree with what this quote is saying because of the situations I have read and witnessed throughout my life that has shown me that we are our own worst enemy.
When I was doing some research on the internet I was reading various things that people had to say about this quote. One person stated, “With the recent terrorist......
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