Late in the evening, on September 19, 1966, my squad was ambushed trying to reach another squad, cut off from our main unit. As we ran down a path and around a curve toward the village, the NVA ambushed us, wounding the boy in front of me. We hit the ground and returned fire. I tried to yell out orders, but there was so much firing going on, I could not even hear myself yelling. As I looked back, our company corpsman ran toward us and was shot, got up, was shot again, and killed.
I halted and held my breath.” (Beah, 35) This is when the rebels invaded a village he was in and started shooting at him. You can sense the terror that he felt when he was shot at. Later, when Ishmael is recruited to the army, he has the same feeling towards guns. “He gave me the gun. I held it in my trembling hand.
At the front Johnston was encouraging his men when he was hit. The medics couldn’t find the entrance wound before he bleeds to death. Johnston remains the highest-ranking American military officer ever to be killed in action Eventually the hornets net had become completely surrounded and the Union had to surrender their stand. The ones who stayed and fought had to surrender but this gave Grant enough time to reorganize his late defensive line. • Shiloh
When they came for Chief Sitting Bull, he was murder by gunshot. Chief Big Foot and his tribe tried to escape, but surround by the Army. During the night the Army billed up the attack positions. They demand the weapons of the tribe, which left the tribe defenseless. During the round up, a shot was fired and the Army senselessly shot at the tribe until almost all were massacred.
The men and the dead bodies spread around many diseases, trench foot was especially common among diseases that were caused by standing in muddy and water filled trenches. Paul is the main character in All Quiet on the Western Front. Him and his friends all enlisted in the army when they were 19. When they got to the trenches they met a man named Kat who was much older then them and who quickly became close friends with Paul. Even thought some soldiers survived the shellings and gas, they were still destroyed by the war.
For example in “Destroying Avalon” Avalon had to face the death of her best friend Marshall who took his own life because of being bullied for so many years and not letting anyone to support him through his tough times. “Marshall is dead” was repeated in the book to emphasize the feeling of grief Avalon faced. In “The Colour Purple” death and loss is shown when both Celie’s children are taken away from her at birth and is given the impression that they where killed. Bullying occurs the day you are born by society determining colours, interest and behaviours that suit the type of gender you are. However bullying doesn’t really show it’s self until we go to school, this style of bullying can be verbal, physical or electronic.
What are the effects on Ishmael from being a boy soldier? Well my belief is that he became cold from all the fighting and blood shed he has seen as a boy soldier. In the book, A Long way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier, Ishmael said “Every time people come at us with the intention of killing us, I close my eyes and wait for death. Even thought I am still alive, I feel like each time I accept death, part of me dies. Very soon I will completely die and all that will be left is my empty body walking with you.
First of all, Siegfried Sassoon served in the army from the beginning of the war. He lost his brother to it, a good friend, and also most of his army mates in the seemingly never ending attacks. He experienced so many things to the point it caused him to have many bad
“You never know who your enemy is.” I found this statement to be a reoccurring theme in “The Sniper” while reading. I believe this is a perfect theme because the sniper had no idea who was on the other side and would not have known if he didn’t look at the dead body. The main character in this selection was not officially named but was referred to as the sniper. In the selection the sniper had both an internal and external conflict. The external conflict was that he was fighting in the middle of the war and the only way to survive was to kill all the opponents.
Let me also take this opportunity to personally say a big thanks to Mark. It was a stipulation for the wedding that the Mark wasn’t allowed to look better than the Best Man and I’m pleased to say Mark has more than kept up his end of the bargain. I would also like to thank both sets of parents who have shown great support to the happy couple in the build up to this special day. You have played a pivotal role on this momentous occasion. To show your love, to respect, and to cherish the moment.