Starship Troopers By Robert A. Heinlein Thursday 25

'Never the less I had signed up in order to win a vote. Or had I? Had I ever cared about voting? No, it was the prestige, the pride, the status... of being a citizen. Or was it? I couldn't to save my life remember why I had signed up. Anyhow, it wasn't the process of voting that made a citizen-- the Lieutenant had been a citizen in the truest sense of the word, even though he had not lived long enough ever to cast a ballot.He had "voted" every time he made a drop. And so had I! I could hear Colonel Dubois in my mind: "Citizenship is an attitude, a state of mind, an emotional conviction that the whole is greater than the part... and that the part should be humbly proud to sacrifice itself that the whole may live." '
'Patriotism was a bit esoteric for me, too large-scale to see. But the M.I. was my gang, I belonged. They were all the family I had left; they were the brothers I had never had, closer than Carl had ever been. If I left them, I'd be lost' (Heinlein 162-163).

I choose this passage because it shows how the main character has finally found a true purpose in what he is doing. Before, he wasn't even sure if what he was doing was right. Another reason why I choose this passage is because the passage answers my previous question of why he signed up for the mobile infantry(M.I.). The passage is also important for character development, because the main character is very attached to his job in the infantry, even though he resented it in the beginning of the story.
A question I have the text is: What other privileges come with being a citizen in the future other than the right to vote?
A question about the plot is: What is going to be different in the main character's attitude about the military and the war situation now that he finally knows why he joined up?