The Drummer Boy of Shiloh He was 14 years old when war broke the following year he attempted to join the Union Army but was rejected.The drummer boy and shiloh is about a young boy named joby . He is the drummer boy for shiloh . He is scared about the war he lay down and cry and the general talk to him . Joby is camping with the rest of the soldiers in peach field near shiloh .He had no weapons he only had his drum stick that's why they called him the drummer boy.The war was with the american civil war vs union & confederacy .Threw out the book there were more than 5 symbols.The main symbol was the peach blossom symbolize longevity and truth. It also symbols purity , youth , and good work . On page 318 it says “ In the April night, more than once, blossoms fell from the orchard trees and lit with rustling taps on the drumskin. At midnight a peach stone left miraculously on a branch through winter, flicked by a bird, fell swift and unseen, struck once, like panic, which jerked the boy upright. In silence he listened to his own heart ruffle away, away, at last gone from his ears and back in his chest again ’’. That’s why the peach blossom is a symbol in this book . …show more content…
He thought that because they had rifles that they could protect themselves better and give as good as get by firing back at or using the bayonets upon the enemy.the drumsticks is a symbol in the story because he is the only teen without weapons . he only had his drum and sticks . joby was in the war for almost 2 weeks .when joby turned the drum to the sky at the end joby turn to a scary ,lonely , young soldier .A drum and two drumsticks, but no shield.He knew he was involved in war, and although he was only 14, life was changing for him.He hoped the army would leave him behind and not even notice that they did so.The General was compared to a father because, like a father, he must lead his family and do the best he can to protect and care for his