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Posted by: durandal8371010
...why do you think the Security Officer on the marathon and the Master Chief, john 117, continue their fight for mankind?
[color=white]I've never played Marathon, but I'll take a stab at John 117, our beloved MC.
When Dr. Halsey found the first of the children who would become Spartans, she saw a boy whose drive to win, to survive, was greater than she had ever seen. Something in John, perhaps his parents' teaching, the circumstances of his young life pre-Halsey, something drove him to constantly better himself.
Through his training and the suffering he experienced in becoming the enigma we know as the Mjolnir-armored MC, John's drive rarely wavered, and his desire to survive never did.
I think the heroic actions John performs are simply his nature--he cannot stop, he cannot not be a hero (this sounds like an easy way out, I know).
Perhaps he clings (as we all do) to life, and knows life as we humans know it. Any force that threatens to steal or destroy that life is an enemy, and John will not stop until that threat is neutralized or eliminated completely. His drive to survive naturally expands to encompass the whole of humanity.
John appears to have no ego to get in the way, no little devil in his head to whisper,[/color] [color=red]"Why fight for the weak, insignificant humans. You were once like them, but can never be like them again... Let them die."[/color]
[color=white]Even if that voice were in his head, I doubt he'd listen to it. He still believes he can be "normal" one day. He has hope, and he gives hope to others in the darkest moments, when all seems lost.
Great topic, by the way. It's these kinds of topics that keep me coming back to these forums.[/color]