An Analysis Of Avi's Scouts Honor

The setting of the short story “Hunters in the Snow” by Tobias Wolff has significant importance in relation to the theme. The bitterly cold and snowy weather of Spokane, Washington illustrates the coldness and the tension between the three friends, Frank, Kenny, and Tub and helps unlock the theme of the story. The theme is to be respectful and selfless within friendships.

Scouts Honor by Avi is a short realistic fiction story about three boys that go on a camping trip in a different state and they have a competition to be the toughest.

I read the novel titled Soldier Boys written by Dean Hughes. This book was published in 2001 and is about a couple of boys who wanted to fight in WWII and eventually got their opportunity after a lot of hard work and slowly working their ways up in ranking. This book is a historical fiction book.

The narrator is a young successful teacher and a family man who is devoted to his family. However, he can not take his mind off young high school boys in

Wes Moore, the author, is living a meaningful life that brings about a positive change in the world, thanks to repeated positive actions. Of that series of decisions, the most significant in the determining of his fate was continuing military school after his first year. The self-discipline and desire to better himself the school inflicted proved to be crucial in leading as positive of a life as he does. Role models in that environment ignited a flame of diligence in Wes, “…the support of people like Cadet Captain Hill and the others in my chain of command and on the faculty…made it clear that they cared if I succeeded, and eventually so did I.” (Moore 115). Initially, Wes hated military school, saying he, “woke up furious and went to bed even more livid.” (Moore 90). Despite his hatred for the place at first, his mother’s encouragement, as well as blunt refusal to bring him home, kept

1. The narrator is in the mountains, because the narrator wanted quiet isolation to do some writing.

World War II was a very life changing event that demonstrated how much friendships and everyday people could change due to war. One particular novel set during the era of this war proves this point well. In the novel, A Separate Peace by John Knowles, Gene, Finny, and Leper have their own distinct symbols. Gene symbolizes envy and jealousy, Finny embodies kindness and hope, and Leper symbolizes the detrimental effects of war.

Vinny is trying to tell his friends he doesn’t want to go to the ravine but he is to weak to do that. On page 7,the author said that “ Vinny was weak he couldn’t even say no to his friends.” This is Vinnys way to show the readers that he is weak. Vinny is trying not to be nervous but he can’t he still is nervous. On page7, the author said “ Vinny’s stomach tingled just watching Starling about to jump from the cliff.”That is how I know that Vinny was nervous. Vinny is scared because his mom said no for him to go to the ravine. On page 7, the other wrote that his mom said “ don’t go there Vinny that place is haunted. “ That is the author's way of showing the reader that Vinny is scared that his mom might find out that Vinny went to the

Friends are a blessing, especially when friends are found within the madness of war. In the novel, the narrator and author, Tim O’Brien, discusses fictionalized war stories from his experiences in Vietnam. All of the stories are very different. Some deal with death, some deal with love, and some don’t actually deal with the war at all, but they are all connected. They all exemplify, in one way or another, a “true” war story. In one of O’Brien’s stories, he discusses the bond between two men on their journey from enemies, to friends, to loss. The story is appropriately titled, “Friends”. The truth that O’Brien discusses in “Friends” deals with the randomness and chaos of war. War is unexpected, yet the unexpectation of war can lead to serenity

While true friendship can weather the storm, superficial friendships can change with the seasons. In the short story “Hunters in the Snow” by Tobias Wolff, a trio of men go on a hunting trip in the snow that ends abruptly when Tub shoots Kenny and they have to drive to the hospital. On their way there, Frank and Tub stop a few times, and they begin to talk and learn more about each other, all the time becoming less concerned with Kenny. These talks bring them closer while the snow outside dies away. The snowy setting is a symbol for being cold and distant to one another, drawing attention to the message that superficial relationships are not as strong as real ones.

Quote. The war novel, The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, paints a very realistic and somewhat horrifying picture of what war is really like by recording the journey of a soldier as he grows and matures. The main character and protagonist, Henry Fleming, who is referred to as “the Youth” had always dreamed of battle and one day finally decided to enlist, not knowing what he was really in for. Henry became a Union soldier of the 304th New York Regiment in the American Civil War. Throughout the story, the originally selfish and fearful character overcomes many challenges and in the end, became a courageous and confident soldier.

To have a friendship with someone is to create a special bond where both friends can rely on and learn from each other. Many different types and forms of friendships occur in literature, such as Dawn by Elie Wiesel, To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, and The Tenth Man by Graham Greene. Both Dawn and The Tenth Man have negative friendships, which form in a dark environment, between two characters that end poorly for both characters involved in the so-called “friendship.” However, in To Kill a Mockingbird a friendship forms in a pleasant summer setting, Jem, Scout, and Dill benefit by learning valuable life lessons and creating a bond that is impossible to break. Also, in Dawn, some acquaintances form between Elisha and the beggar, and

In the book Lions of Little Rock, the theme that shows the most is friendships are worth taking risks.The text

In the story the speaker asks his brother “ Brother…Do you count me as a friend or am I the enemy in your eyes” because right now the speaker and the brother are both soldier in a ongoing war. But the brother of the speaker is going against his side of the war. Both of these characters choose to go against each other in war to gain something out of war. At the time the speaker said those words he realized that he might have ruined the relationship between a family members. But now it to late to look back they have suffer the consequences of not choosing their family over the war, only because they wanted the benefit they were going to get of fighting in either side.

The first example of the story shows that there is a loss of community. The first example of the loss of community is when the bus driver stops suddenly to stop the first fight but a second fight starts up