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How Did The War Affect The Boys War

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In the book “The boys war” the boys were affected for the worse In the book it says that a boy named Elisha Stockwell regretted running away for war and just wanted to go home but since he was in the war he couldn’t and he had to stay and fight for his side, Many other boys had the same opinion as Elisha but like said unfortunately they had to stay and fight, even though in the beginning many of the boys wanted to fight it affected them very badly. Half of these soldiers were just young boys hoping to fight for their side but they never knew it would affect them so badly after missing their families and friends so much, they felt sick not knowing if they would see their families again after the war. This was one of the effects that the war
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