Trojan Horse

.     One of the conflicts the Trojans went through was they couldn`t leave the Trojan beach so they made a sacrifice from  the kings daughter.

      

I think something that made this story so sneaky was how the girl was married to someone and ran off with another prince which started the war.

I don’t think this would happen nowadays because people know better and there are more consequences these days and people won`t take it to heart to the point where the start a war. They know even though it’s a big deal for them they shouldn’t overreact to something like that.

.I think it was all overreached, I can understand the prince was mad about his wife leaving him but to start a war over it? I don’t think it should of went that far. I also thought it was interesting how Poseidon would not let them leave the beach, that was one of the most interesting parts for me.

Heroes Don`t Run

Authors note: this book is a good book for those young readers that are thinking about going to the fight for our country.

The story talks about how a boy named Adam (good kid good student) who wanted to go the war so bad he disobeyed his mothers rules. Instead of going when his mom wanted him to go at age 18 he went earlier. Ever since his dad went and fought and died in pearl harbor he wanted to make him proud. Of course he did a bad thing and didn’t listen to his mom but it was for a good cause.

First of all, in the story Heroes Don’t Run, the author doesn’t only talk about the character he also talks a lot about the Pacific War. They talk about how the book and this character Relate to the actual war and one person that Adam acts like. 

Second, The main plot of this story is that Adam and his mother are talking about how he disobeyed his mother when he moved in with his grandfather and went off to the war. He says he very much apologizes for what he did to his mom and lied but he didn’t want to wait no more. His is always keeping her updated and aware of what is going on.  This story is talking about an individual that went to the Pacific War and how he did through it. In the story they pretty much mixed it up between fiction and non-fiction.

 One aspect of the story that is true to the time period is what is going on during training camp. It is true where it is placed and right around the time period of when they were fighting in the pacific war. Some of the main scenes in the story for example, like the more action parts and time period, they got the cites right and time and date but the character and his family or fiction to the story.

As you can see, when this book came out in 2005, it probably changed some people`s  mind about the war and what they thought about it. How much work and courage it took to go out there and fight for your country. I can see how it changed people’s minds in the story because it changed mine too. And it shows young readers that it’s a very good thing to fight for your country and encourages then to fight in the army too.