The Soccer War Blog # 5

"Life is a challenge, and only those who live up to the challenge really know what it means to live."

In life you have to take risks, not only physical, but mental risks that will challenge yourself and will make you learn new things and become a better person. I believe this is a very good way of seeing life, but until a certain point. Until the point you know it will be safe for you. This quote is perfect to explain this thought, because it says you have to experience things to know what they are like.
When I read the following passage from the book it made my connect it with this quote. "I was driving along a road where they say no white man can come back alive. I was driving to see if a white man could, because I had to experience everything ormyself. I know that a man shudders in the forest when he passes close to a lion. I got close to a lion so that I would know how it feels. I had to do it for myself because I knew no one could describe it to me."Pg. 130. It connects perfectly to the quote because Kapuscinski wanted to experience and to know what it would be like. But allthough it connects, I think he is taking too many risks because he doesn't know he will get out alive. And for a job, this is too risky.