Re: Character Impression
Justin Ho (iluvatar45@hotmail.com)
Sun, 06 Aug 2000 12:42:25 CST
>From: "Howard Cheung"
>Reply-To: logh@CSUA.Berkeley.EDU
>To:
>Subject: Re: Character Impression
>Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2000 20:33:22 -0700
>
>
>Ultimately, its Yang's own characters that enable him to become a true
>hero.
>Despite numerous foibles, he presents himself as the paragon of
>professional
>soldier in a democratic society. Whatever his personal opinions are, Yang
>follows the orders from his military AND civilian superiors regardless to
>how incompetent they are. Most important of all, Yang refuses to eliminate
>internal oppositions and rectify the strategic advantages his nemsis
>Emporer
>Riehard has by overthrowing the elected government. Instead of claiming
>the
>moral high ground of revitalizing the corrupted society, Yang forsakes
>expedience and ambition by defending the same political institution that is
>set to destory both Yang and the Alliance itself. In the end, Yang Wenli
>is
>brilliantly portoryed in LoGH as the champion of a unadulerated and
>abstract
>ideal.
>
>
>H. Cheung
>
You said it best. However hadn't Yang accomplished his objective after
the Battle of the Corridor and it was the Terra Cult sticking its meddling
hands in that dragged the conflict out further?
Although if you think about it, if supply base Cockrane hadn't made the
decision he did, or Yang had been just a little faster giving that fire
command at the end of the Battle of Vermillion, things might have been very
different.
Justin
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