A Boy At War

This is a story of baseball and how it is a team sport. The book relates with the title by showing how this boy named Sandy Comstock that plays on the Grantville Raiders and has a big game coming up. It was against the Newtown Raptors. He wanted to beat them and become one of the best teams. By the time he knew it he ended up on the Newtown Raptors team and he was going to play is old team. It was kind of like a baseball turnaround.

The title of my novel is I Survived The Japanese Tsunami. It is written by Lauren Tarshis. Lauren Tarshis has written multiple I Survived books by now, and this one was definitely one of my favorites. The genre of this novel is nonfiction it was a true story about a boy named Ben and his family. They went to visit Japan where his father had passed 4 months ago and during the visit, the worst strikes.

Jack and the rest of the boys are looking around trying to contemplate all that just had happened. A naval officer had just put Jack in handcuffs and taken him away with the rest of the boys following. They are all getting on a boat and get shipped back to where they came from, all of the boys were all shocked that they were even getting saved in the first place. All of the officers were asking the boys questions but the boys were too stunned to even speak. For weeks they have dreamed of being saved, of being home, and of their family and finally now it was happening.

Most people know about the attacks on Pearl Harbor but very few know about how it affected the lives of Japanese-Americans living on the islands. In the novel, Under the Blood-Red Sun, the author Graham Salisbury tells a story from the perspective of Tomikazu Nakaji, a young Japanese-American boy and his struggles with racism and becoming the man of his family. After the attack, the suspicions and biased racism of the non-immigrant Americans is raised, which lead to the wrongful arrests of Tomikazu's father and grandfather. This resulted with him having to get a job, take care of his family, and deal with the constant bullying of his neighbor, Keet Wilson. In the end, he manages to maintain the tasks his father had assigned him with the help of his friends. This book showed me the importance of friendship, honor, and persistence.

The title of my book is The Westing Game. The author of my book is Ellen Raskin. The main characters in the book are Sam Westing, Madame Sun Lin Hoo, Jake Wexler, Turtle Wexler, Flora Baumbauch, Chris Theodorakis, D. Denton Deere, Alexander McSouthers, J.J. Ford, Grace Wexler, James Shin Hoo, Berthe Erica Crow, Julian R. Eastman, Amber Otis, Theo Theodorakis, Doug Hoo, Sydelle Pulaski, Barney Northrup, and Angela Wexler. My favorite character is Angela because she is really pretty and is a great friend to Sydelle when she fractures her ankle. The story takes place at Sunset Towers.

Nowadays, cross-cultural communication is one of the keys to survive in this society. It plays an important role in our society. The book, A long way gone: Memoirs of a boy soldier, describes several cross cultural issues. This book is based on the true story of Ishamel Beah, who was solder in Republic of Sierra Leone. During his life time, he face a number of cultural shocks and tried to adapt each situation. Through story of his life, we can recognize some cultural differences and similarities between his central culture, Sierra Leon, and other individuals/groups. Thus, in this essay, I would like to discuss how are cultural differences and similarities between Ishamel’s culture and other cultures revealed. There are three main points; cultural differences shows cultural conflict and cultural integration, and cultural similarities reflects the Americanization.

A prominent theme in A Long Way Gone is about the loss of innocence from the involvement in the war. A Long Way Gone is the memoir of a young boy, Ishmael Beah, wanders in Sierra Leone who struggles for survival. Hoping to survive, he ended up raiding villages from the rebels and killing everyone. One theme in A long Way Gone is that war give innocent people the lust for revenge, destroys childhood and war became part of their daily life.

A kid separated from his family and put into a war front at the age of 12 change this kids life forever. In A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Solider, Ishmael Beah was put through a lot during the cold war in Sierra Leone, and he was given drugs and pills to keep his energy to fight in the war and he was turned into a killer. There where lots of people killed and torture and Beah was just a kid and he was ver frightened and confused about everything. Also Beah and his friends travel around the country for years trying to survive the war and figure out ways to find there way to safety. The theme of the book is no matter what don't give up on yourself because if you give up on yourself your already bound for failure and the during the hole story Beah used resilience to keep on going and not give up.

The inclusion of a seemingly anachronistic literary type—the scheming or dangerous diminutive man—may seem out of place in a modern novel. Yet this quality of Kantorek arguably reflects the espousal of dated ideas by an older generation of leaders who betray their followers with manipulations, ignorance, and lies. "While they taught that duty to one's country is the greatest thing," Paul writes in Chapter One, "we already knew that death-throes are stronger." As schoolboys, Paul and his friends believed that Kantorek was an enlightened man whose authority derived from his wisdom; as soldiers, they quickly learn to see through Kantorek's rhetoric and grow to despise him, especially after the death of Joseph Behm. That Kantorek is eventually drafted and makes a terrible soldier reflects the uselessness of the ideals that he touts. Corporal Himmelstoss

“Children in the Battlefield” Marcy Schwartz described about the boys that have served in the military for generations, including the Civil War.The boys would have to lie about there age to get enlisted. School teachers would use their influence to get there students enlisted. Parents would help get boys enlisted if they could not get in theirselves. They would run away from home to get enlisted in another town, and then they would change there name so they could not be found. If the boys were drummers they would be assigned to many different jobs they must do. The powder monkeys brought the bag and buckets of powder to the men. Homesickness was a big deal during the war for young children. For the young children it was hard to find uniforms

Cal is working with his boss and his boss tries to kill a dog so cal stops him and then his boss tries to shoot cal so cal punched him again. Then Cal gets the gun and shoots his boss who is highly respected by the leader of the camp they are in so cal gets james and leaves.

I chose to do the book called “War brothers” by Sharon E. McKay. I chose this book because of the fact it relates to the real world. This story is based on Jacob, a 14 year old kid whose father is a wealthy business man. Jacob’s father is worried that one day his son will be taken take by a real life group called the Lord's resistance army that abducts kids and make them child soldiers that he highers a security team to help protect Jacob. Ultimately the plan fails and Jacob and a couple of his friends are now on a journey trying everything have to survive. With one thing that Jacob can hold on too is hope that his father may one day come save him. As leader of the group Jacob makes everyone in agreement that they will stay with each other

novel is set at the time when World War II was going on and on the

One other juxtaposition of this film is war. In this scene, It detonates the firebombing of civilians which is an act of 'war crime' and the colour red connotatively being the sign of danger. Therefore by reading this scene, it is a reflection of Miyazaki's anti-war pacifism and disapproval to war. It also signifies civilians being victimised in this film while the palace is protected by magic. Suggesting that politicians are allowed to stay in a safer place, while civilians are victimised despite the fact that they are not directly responsible for pursuing the war.

My book is Salt to the sea by Ruta Sepetys. It’s about 4 characters, Florian Beck, Joana, Emilia, and Alfred, in WW2 trying to get aboard a ship named the Wilhelm Gustloff. Florian is a “Prussian” and keeps a secret later revealed in the book. Joana is a Lithuanian nurse who is traveling with a small group trying to get aboard the ship. Emilia is a 15 year old Polish girl also trying to get to the ship. Alfred is a German sailor who operated the ship. The author probably chose this setting because this is when the real event happened.