“Stop the Sun” by Gary Paulson is a short story about ) Terry's father has PTSD and his eyes rolled back of his eyes win he remember his past. Terry what to help his father so He asked his teacher and his teacher his teacher told him good Ventom books. Terry what to ask his father about Ventom and his father didn’t what to tell him at first because he thought that Terry met be scared because it was a horrific experience but his father told him that he was the last one in his unit. Through the actions of the characters, readers understand that Gary Paulson shows that soldiers who went throw war have fear. In the beginning of the story, Terry needed to ask his father about the war because he what to help him. His teacher gives him good history books about venom. So he asks his father about the war. “You cannot know this,” His father repeated. It was almost a chant. You can’t know the fear.”(page 68). It shows the fear that his father had during the war. The father doesn’t what to tell him about the war. This shows that people can have so much fear that they don’t what to show it. …show more content…
So he keeps asking but his father keeps saying, you can’t know the fear. So Terry asks again and his father says “It was dark, and I was the only one left alive. Out of fifty men, all dead but me.”(page 68). It shows the termma that Terry's father has to deal with. It shows the fear that his father had to deal with during the war. This is an example of fear because war is horrific his father was