James Bradley And Ron Fathers Sparknotes

James Bradley and Ron Powers all teamed up to write and tell the story of the most recognized photograph in American history. Of course the question is why would one day someone decided to write about this important battle at Iwo Jima. The answer to this question is simple because Bradelyś father was one of the six men in the photograph. Bradley lived his whole life with this heroic marine as his father, but heard little as to what happened on that Island. Flags of Our Fathers was sparked when James came across his passed father’s belongings, this started his lengthy trek to creating this book. Bradley with the help of Powers had a goal in mind as to writing this book. The goal was to see if the other five flag raiser happiest moment in

The book throughout covered each of Bradley's arguments just as he intended to. The first argument is what truly happened on the Island. His research helped him truly know what happened. “”Easy Company prepared for a day of consolidation.” (Bradley 99) This quote from the book is just a brief example of how in depth his research went when finding out the truth of the battle of Iwo Jima. Bradley could have used information from his father, however his father never spoke of his life as a marine, this could be the reason why James wanted to find out the truth. Bradley’s second argument was to explain what life was like for these marines. “Officers and enlisted men crumpled together under the hail storm of steel.”(Bradley 92) This is just another example from the text used to express life in battle for any man fighting, not only the six that were focused on in the book. The lives both before and after battle were again well researched by Bradley. “Although this was first year at Weslaco, he made the All-South Texas team that season.” (Bradley 19) The entire beginning of the book was a description of each of the six men leading them up to battle. “Within ninety days of the statue’s dedication, each of the survivors’ lives went its separate way.” (Bradley 188) Bradley’s accounts of life after war of the surviving

Bradley's sources contained numerous novels written on battles of Iwo Jima. The list of books were the only sources listed. Bradley's research may have been easier with the help of the soldiers, however when he began his research there was not a single one of the six men still living.

“Alexander, Joseph H. Storm Landings: Epic Amphibious Battles in the Central Pacific .”( Bradley 209) This is one of the several books listed as a source. However not listed were interviews with soldiers, this could make it hard to write this book. Bradleys and Powers research could have been combined as to what sources were used. Bradley had a better source when doing his research, his father's belongings. The sources used named and un-named in the book contributed greatly to help reach the goal of writing this book. Flags of Our Fathers is a book that had little weakness’ in reaching its