My lang lit teacher said that if the scene from The Things They Carried where the buffalo is shot multiple times didn't upset you that you're sociopathic and need to stay far away from her....
I mean you're entitled to your own opinions ig... but my opinion of her just got worse and idk if I'm overreacting (not even diagnosed aspd, although I find myself experiencing some of the symptoms(?)) or if I'm right for being upset? At the very least I'm low empathy and I didn't feel upset by the scene. It was more of a "okay that's kinda fucked but he's also really traumatized so I can kinda understand. Like maybe he shouldn't've done that in retrospect but also it's only one animal?" The closest I got was feeling guilty for not feeling upset. I'm honestly just so confused
And also people with aspd aren't automatically bad people??? Like damn let people exist in their own way??? Dont get me wrong, I love her. Shes a great teacher. But fuck man I literally have zero attachment to this baby buffalo. I'm aware that it's a fucked situation, but isn't that just war? Fucked situation after fucked situation? It just doesn't feel any more emotional than any of the other chapters (which also don't really make me emotional)
Idk any thoughts?
