Second Journal Entry Assignment

Your Name Subject and Section Professor’s Name April 12, 2025 Second Journal Entry – Glorious Exploits and Queens of Syria Set 4: Chapters 22–28 The start of Ferdia Lennon's Glorious Exploits in chapters 22 through 28 displays the unalterable horrors of conflict, which damage human bodies, memories, and personal and moral behavior among the characters. Grief and political and personal responsibilities fuse in these book chapters as Lampo starts showing profound emotional traits through his nurturing behavior toward Paches by providing him with wine-soaked bread and water with paternal tenderness (Ch. 28, p. 256). His actions shift from being performative to profoundly human, demonstrating what the slides describe as "capability responsibility"—the idea that those who can act morally have a political duty to do so. The state-approved brutality continues in parallel with his commitment to sympathy. The Syracusan policy to end prisoner feeding, which the text exposes on page 216, reveals how politics frequently hides vindictive motives behind rational decisions. The goal of building a "stone theatre" on the bones of the dying Athenians underscores the irony of honoring civilization while abandoning humanity. The Syracusan decree that denied food to Athenian prisoners has a disturbing echo similar to Queens of Syria, which documents Syrian women representing the Trojan Women in Jordan. Throug...