Jordan Curren
English 11
Mrs. Lebo




Chapter 1

There is a guy named Henry that has dreamed of being in the army for many years now. He has dreamed of going into battle and fighting. His mom tells him many reasons why he shouldn't go, but he decides that he is going to go anyways. When his mom finds out, she decides that it is fine and that she will respect his plan, even though she is very scared for him and she cries about it. Henry rooms with the tall soilder named Jim, that tells him that his chance will come for him to go into battle, and all the guys tell him stories. All the stories get Henry really excited about going to battle, and he is constantly thinking about it and he is so excited that he shakes. He really tries to get along with all the guys so that they can get to know him.

I think that Henry's mom has every right to be scared about him going to fight, but it is good that she respects his decision and lets him do what he wants. I don't see why Henry is so excited about going to war because there is always a chance that he could be killed.

Why is Henry so excited about going to war?

Chapter 2

As much as Henry wants to go fight, he starts to wish that he was back home again. He says that he misses taking trips from his house out to the barn, and then going out into the fields for a while, and then coming back. Henry asks one of the comrades if he had ever thought about running away from battle. They get into an argument because Henry says that a lot of good men have talked about what they will do in battle but they will actually run away before they can do it. The guy just gets mad and walks away.

I think since Henry is so young that he probably shouldn't be challenging a veteran soilder on his loyalty. I don't blame Henry for wanting to go back home because I wouldn't really want to be sitting there waiting to fight either.

Why does Henry not doubt that the guy will run away before battle?

Chapter 3

Henry starts to become nervous as they finally start to leave where they were staying at. They go through a forest, and they set camp at another place. Henry goes to bed thinking that everything is fine for now. But then in the morning he wakes up to the tall soilder shaking him. They have to move because they can hear gunfire. They get close to battle and the man that said he would do his part and never run away from battle tells Henry that he thinks he is going to die.

I would be very nervous if i was one of the soilders, knowing that death may be soon. I don't blame the soilder for thinking he is going to die, because he was probably nervous. It would be terrible to be in there position.

Why does the man tell Henry that he is going to die?

Chapter 4

The soilders draw very close to battle and they know that it is going to happen. Henry is doubting himself more than ever and he thinks that he is more likely to run from battle than actually fight bravely. The enemy starts to come closer to them and they have to get there guns ready to prepare for battle.

I don't blame Henry for wanting to run because I'm pretty sure that i would want to do the same thing. After all the years of dreaming about it, it is different than he thought it would actually be.

What does Henry realize about war?

Chapter 5

Finally the war begins to start. Henry and the troops are attacked by the enemy. Henry is still very nervous. But he does what he is told and he just keeps shooting and reloading. The enemy soilders are so outnumbered that they decide to go back to there base and fight another time. Some of the fellow troops die but fortunatly Henry makes it through the battle.

I think that Henry did a good job and didn't run away from battle. He did what he was supposed to do and they won that part of the battle, but they still haven't won the war.

Who won the battle?

Chapter 6

Henry and all his comrads think that the battle is over already so they decided to party, but then someone said that the enemy was coming back for more. Everybody jumps and most of them panic. Unlike the first time, Henry decideds that he would rather run away than be a hero. So he takes off sprinting into the forrest. He keeps running, scared that someone is going to get him. Then after running for a while he hears someone yell that they are gone again.

Henry runs away and so do a lot of his comrades. He probably won't feel to highly about himself for a while and he will doubt himself. I would probably do the same thing as him and just run away.

How many of the troops panic and run away?