Jeff Bussey had no idea how brutal war really was, and he certainly found out the hard way in Rifles for Watie by Harold Keith. Jeff thinks being a soldier would be fun and adventurous. He learns how cruel and brutal war really is, but he also finds love along the way. Harold Keith mixes fact with his story, and not his story with his fact. Which is a good thing.
When Charley joined the First Minnesota Volunteers he along with many others wanted to help support his country during war. Everyone from the Union and the Confederacy thought that the war would be over soon but sadly they were wrong. The war that Charley had just joined would be bloodiest American war yet. Charley found out in this book that war changes people and that it is often not what people make it out to be.
Jeff’s Growth The protagonist of Rifle for Watie by Harold Keith, Jeff Bussey, is one of the many children who were forced to grow up too quickly due to the outbreak of the Civil War. In this historical fiction novel, Jeff is a sixteen year old boy eager to go off to war looking for adventure and excitement like many other boys from that time. Over time, however, Jeff experiences sickness, treachery, friendship, despair, and violence.
“Soldier’s Heart,” by Gary Paulsen is a book about a boy named Charley, who joined the Civil War at age 15. As Gary Paulsen was writing this novel in 1998, the novel becomes impacted because Gary Paulsen only had second hand information about the Civil War, which could cause inaccuracies in the story. He tries to be as accurate as he can by using real life accounts to make this story believable. This book shows how the ideas that people believe are appalling may be needed in survival situations. In the story Charley was ordered to kill Confederate horses to give the sick soldiers meat around the Washington camp that were dying of dehydration and starvation.
Rifles for Watie written by Harold Keith is a novel that is prominently expressing unity after times of tragedy and war in a touching way that shows understanding. The topic and message of the novel is to show how war is a tragedy but you can always be understanding of the opposing side, as well as become united again. The authors topic can be shown through what is written in the novel and by the experiences of the main character Jeff. What else?? One way the content of the novel Rifles for Watie proves the message is how it displays the idea of tolerance for the enemy by experience.
With all of these soul-shattering, life-changing conditions, it is less of a war and more of a test of strength for the soldiers, here at Valley Forge. Some men were going home and not returning. Other men just completely deserted. Even George Washington’s position was uncertain, the members of congress didn’t trust him. Life at Valley Forge was obviously horrible, and the ugly truth is that it wouldn’t get much better.
No matter who a person is or what others think of him or her, that person will always have the opportunity to change for the better; Nobody has the power to tell a person what he or she can or cannot do. In the novel, A Lesson Before Dying, by Ernest J. Gaines, the protagonist, Jefferson discovers that he could change as a whole person and finally become a man, even under difficult circumstances. He is constantly discriminated and does not feel welcomed to the society. Throughout the majority of the novel, Jefferson believes he is his own stereotype and takes it to heart when he is being called a hog. Although he knows he will be exiled, Jefferson and his family hopes for a change in his heart.
it told how the trip was there and how they stopped at towns to show other people what they were doing etc. they it told about a battle named Bull Run and it told that they didn't run away they simply just stood back up and walked in line as they retreated into the trees and in the morning they went back out there and fought some more and they went and found out that the rebels left at nighttime or early morning, it also showed how scared they were by saying that most of the soldiers peed themselves. then it showed that they didn't fight for a long time because they were in winter and it was to cold to fight. no life in the army was not what he expected and he joined at a very young age he was supposed to be 18 but was like 15 or so and he watched many people die or get sick just like he did it wasn't a deathly ill kind of sick
In the book, Rifles For Watie by Harold Keith, the character, Jeff Davis Bussey, shows an immense amount of character development; by the conclusion of the fifth chapter, Jeff is displaying a change in attitude, and an slightly altered personality due to underlying, and more obvious lessons learned by his experiences in the military. In the beginning of the book, bushwhackers harass, and attack the Davis family, after this predicament Jeff states “Pa, I want to go to Fort Leavenworth tomorrow and join the volunteers. ”(Ch. 2, Pg. 14)
This chapter “The Ghost Soldiers”, showed us how Tim O’Brien and the other soldiers were dealing with the war both physically and psychologically. It also shows us how the Tim O'Brien behaved and felt when he was shot, wounded and had a bacteria infection on his butt and how the war changed the way he thought, and viewed the other soldiers around him. This chapter also contain a lot of psychological lens. From the way Tim O’Brien felt when he was shot and separated from his unit to a new unit to when he wanted revenge on Bobby Jorgenson for almost “killing” him.
Thomas Aquinas once said, “There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship.” In the novel, Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry by Mildred Taylor, Stacey should choose T.J as his friend. T.J would make the better friend because it is socially acceptable, he is able to give important information and finally because Jeremy's family has the power to falsely accuse Stacey of a crime. T.J is a much better choice for a friend because it is socially acceptable by the community. It is Christmas and Jeremy has just come to visit and papa is talking to Stacey about Jeremy and T.J.
Rifles for Watie, by Harold Keith follows Jeff on daring and wonderful adventures during his time fighting in the Civil War. It is about a young boy whose life long dream is to be a soldier. When he finally gets to go off to fight in the Civil War he realizes that it is not at all what he thought it would be like. Rifles for watie is such a good book because th author, Harold Keith uses characters and dramatic scenes to turn historical facts into a story. Harold Keith did a very good job turning historical facts and events into a story.
The soldiers in the Vietnam War are portrayed as losing themselves in the chaos and trauma of combat. Through the stories of the soldiers and their experiences, O’Brien explores the ways in which war strips away one's sense of identity and humanity. The author himself is depicted as losing himself in the war. O'Brien served in the Vietnam War, and his experiences inspired much of the book. Through the character of Tim O'Brien, the author explores the ways in which war can strip away one's sense of self and purpose.
In the novel, Tomorrow When The War Began, by John Marsden is about eight teenagers who confronted a situation that is out of their security and are trying to save their families. Fi, Homer, and Ellie are few of the characters that showed courageousness in the novel; finding out their unknown courage, taking risks, and not giving up to everything that happens. It is some of John Marsden’s message about courage. The characters also demonstrate it while they were in conflict with the soldiers who invaded their town and imprison their families in the Showground. Courage is what Ellie has that she never thought she had.
By manipulating the war setting and language of the novel Heller is able to depict society as dark and twisted. Heller demonstrates his thoughts of society through the depicted war. In the novel, the loss of personal identity in the soldiers lives. Furthermore, The idea is that supports how much value is placed upon a human life and shows the evils and cruelty of war is related The Ball Turret Gunner by Randall Jarrell, in which a soldier who spends his entire life in war only to die the same position he came into the war “fetal” state; just to be disregarded and buried in a whole.
