ST Reflection 2009 – Secondary 2NA/Exp
Term 1, Week 8 (23 Feb 09)


Getting to the heart of Total Defense (Home-Youthink pg B7)

Q1) In the last line, what did the writer mean by suggesting that “he may have found more porcupines than rats?”
Q2) What’s worth giving up your life for?

Answers:
Q1)Senior Minister, Mister Goh Chok Tong said in his speech, that we are compared with porcupines and mice. Mouse scurry and run away when they feel threatened, while porcupines defend themselves on the spot by using their thorns to warn the enemy to stay away. Therefore the sentence states that most Singaporeans would defend our countries, etc. like porcupines
, instead of running away from our enemies like mice.
Q2)To me, I think I would still choose to give up my life for my family, simply because family is much more closer then our country. Without our family, we have no mood to defend the country,
thinking that it is the end of the world. As long as our families are safe, I would not mind givng up my life for the country, as I could rest in peace, knowing they are safe.