Truth At All Cost Analysis

The reason people take journeys is to discover something new, whether it be within themselves or something within the universe, which can be seen in the following texts: “ From The Odyssey” by Homer,“Who Understands Me But Me” by Jimmy Baca Santiago, and “Truth At All Cost” by Marie Colvin. The real question is what are “you” trying to discover and what do you plan to do with this knowledge. Journeys can be taken in different forms such as physical, spiritual, and mental forms. Physical journeys involve obstacles and movement to new places. Mentals journeys involve dealing with matters that are affecting the mind. Spiritual journeys are a process of reconciliation and education through enlightenment. The characters in the stories listed above all learn something valuable from the journeys they experienced. How the knowledge obtained is put to use is how the successfulness of the journey is determined. “From The
Marie Colvin, the author of “Truth At All Cost”, wants to discover the truth. “Truth At All Cost” is a speech she gave to honor the journalist who had lost their lives while in pursuit of the truth. In the speech Colvin states the difficulty of documenting war, “It means trying to find the truth in a sandstorm of propaganda when armies, tribes or terrorist clash”(9-10). After being injured in the field the author received many question asking “Is it worth the cost in lives, heartbreak, loss?”(41). Colvin replies to the question answer simply by saying, “My answer then, and now, was that it is worth it”(45-46). During the speech, Colvin states that “the public has a right to know what the government, and our armed forces, our doing in our name”(53-55). In all journeys, the one completing the journey has the right to know what they seek to learn by completing the journey they have at hand. Therefore all should be motivated to obtain