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?
ANSWER
Q1)Senior Minister Goh Chok Tong asked:"Are we rats that scurry away at the sound of footsteps" or "porcupines that bristle to warn their aggressors away"? So the writer said "he may have found more porcupines than rats" as it mean that they did not scared of the people who attack Singapore. Now the writer found more brave soldiers just like porcupines and chase away them and fight for it.
Q2)What's worth giving up my life? The answer is i will sacrifice my life for my love ones example my parents. They bring me to the world and bring up me for 14 years already. They work very hard to earn money and take good care of the family/home and sometimes they got injured by their work or they got back pain but they still go for work the next day. When i saw that i really felt very painful in my heart. As i heard that parents always the biggest. If Singapore were faced with a mortal crisis, my first thought would be protect my parents and myself. And many of my peers equally have no qualms about cutting and running for their own sake as long astheir families' safety was secured so i decided that it is worth to giving up my life for my parents.
