Analysis Of Children On The Battlefield, By Marcie Schwartz

These past three weeks I read a book called Teens at War by Allan Zullo. This book is about teens who sign up for the military, risking their lives for their country. We hear multiple stories of these teens. Some of these teens are underage and some of them are not. This makes some of the stories more interesting than the others.

The article “Children of War”, by Arthur Brice, is about several children who had to flee the war in Bosnia and immigrate to the U.S. First of all, these children’s lives before the war were comfortable. However, many kids were affected by the war in Bosnia. In the process of fleeing, these children lost their family, friends, and homes. After being a refugee in Croatia for a long period of time, some of these children were able to relocate to the U.S. Here in America, these children have a good education. Also, they have an opportunity to live a better life away from the harshness of war. Still, these kids miss their friends, family, and country that they left behind. Although these kids are living in the United States right now, they

Bang! Bang! “At that instant several gunshots, which sounded like thunder striking the tin-roofed houses, took over town. The sound of guns was so terrifying it confused everyone” (Beah 23). In A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah conveys his amazing journey through war and hardship as a child soldier. Sierra Leone--a country on the western coast of Africa--was embroiled in a bloody civil war in the 1990’s. Battles multiplied as bloodshed abounded and as a child, Ishmael Beah was forced to survive, find food, and face unimaginable dangers. Running from the battle front was also a routine ordeal. At age 13 Beah was captured by the military and brainwashed into using guns and drugs. As a child soldier, he perpetrated and witnessed a great deal of violence. At 15 he was rescued and taken to a rehabilitation center. With time and continual treatment, Beah was able to recover, to some extent, and reconnect with his Uncle Tommy, who adopted him. He was later chosen to speak to the United Nations in New York City about his experiences as a child soldier. When he returned to Sierra Leone, war broke out throughout the city where he lived, causing many deaths including his Uncle Tommy. Eventually Beah escaped Sierra Leone and managed to reach New York City, where he began a new life. Through the book A Long Way Gone, Ishmael Beah conveys a central theme of having to survive, at a young age, through the hardships of war with the use of imagery.

Soldier’s Heart by Gary Paulson is a magnificent book that shows the true horrors of war. The heart felt story about a young boy named Charley at the beginning he was excited about the war, he went as far as to lie about his age to get in.

Is it too farfetched that children of military personnel have their own subculture? Military Brats are children of active military personal that move don’t have a set home they live in. They are actively moving from state to state and from country to country. Despite this sounding like this sound like someone who just moves around a lot, there is a whole lot more to Military Brats. Military Brats are in fact, a subculture that have a real presence in our society and have their own struggles they face as individuals.

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Children exposed to violence within their communities are left with emotions of hopelessness, insecurity, and doubt. Historical events such as the war on terrorism, wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the tragic events of September 11th have had a detrimental effect on the entire nation, including the children. Although every child is not directly affected by the aspects of war, it somehow has an emotional effect on all. The involvement of a nation with war affects every individual differently, whether it is out of fear, anger, doubt, hope, or love. In the short novel A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah, he narrates the story by telling his own involvement in the Civil War in Sierra Leone as young boy and the many issues he faces while living in

The Civil War was also called the Boys War because of the large number of boys entering the war. Although there was age restrictions for both sides, young boys found ways to get around it. One thing they would do is lie about their age to recruitment officers. Recruitment officers would not care about the lie because they had to meet a deadline. Another way to get around it will be to get parental permission some dads would sign their sons up cause the dads would also be going to war. The last way kids get around this is that they would run away from homes to get recruited in another town and rename themselves so there parents won’t find them but the downside to this is that they would never be heard of again if they die in battle.

In “Children on the Battlefield” By Marcie Schwartz. During the civil war,boys served in the military for generations,young teenagers lied about there age. Recruitment officers ignored the fact that some young teenagers lied to them about their age. School teachers helped their students get enlisted. Some boys had a hard time because they had a stubborn recruitment officers. Some parents helped their sons sign up. Some boys ran away from home and used false names. Once enlisted they could perform many different jobs. Musicians would signal people for officer call,sick call,taps,and more than more than 40 others. Powder monkeys had height and speed requirements.Some soldiers got homesick and they had no idea how they fit in the world.Some soldiers

“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

Children’s participation in the Civil War was common and tragic. Children had many parts to play in the Civil War in many ways. There were also drummer boys who played a big role in the civil war. African-American boys also had their duties to do in the Civil War because the brutal war meant freedom. There were many children who took arms and fought with their elders as enlisted soldiers. There were thousands of children between the ages of 13 and 17 who served their side in the war.

Can you imagine every day being drugged, beaten, and threatened into doing something horrible such as killing someone? I am talking about the life of a child soldier. Every day thousands of kids are being forced into their country's army and now they are killing many people. So the main question is should we grant them amnesty or not? Some may not agree with me

The informational article, “Children of War” by Arthur Brice is about children that were affected by the war in the Balkans. Life at first was good in the Balkans. The children were same and went to school. When the war broke out, their live turned inside out. It was no longer same in their home towns. Many children were orphaned or killed because if you were seen you would be shot on site. However, some people managed to get away safely, but not always with everyone in their family. The people who got away safely ran into neighboring countries to seek refuge there. Many refugees chose to move to the United States. This helped them because they could go to school and keep living their lives. Refugees have said that being in the United states

There are many charities for trying to support the children who are getting brought up by horrible people teaching young children bad influences. The program run by the government talks about the issues, what’s happening there, getting involved and says how many countries are supporting child soldiers to work with them.

Music is powerful. It is a way where people can speak their mind, their heart and their soul without permission. In hard times like war, starvation, hunger and more; music can fix people if they allow themselves to be inspired by music. Music can be used to tell a message or story to give many people a positive influence. Emmanuel Jal, a Southern Sudanese boy, was born during a civil war. He became a child soldier at a very young age and faced so much that no child, let alone person should experience. Once he got older, shifting towards music was the answer for him to share his story. War Child is a biographical movie made in 2008 about Emmanuel Jal himself returning to Sudan where he served as a child soldier. Jal uses his music to tell the story about him, his people and his country, and all the hardships he overcame.