Chapter 9

Nick tells about all the events that all unfold 2 years after the funeral. Tons of reporters, journalists, and gossiping people come to the mansion mansion in the aftermath of the murder. Wild, untrue stories, more exaggerated than the rumors about Gatsby when he was throwing his parties, circulate about the nature of Gatsby's relationship to Myrtle and Wilson. Feeling that Gatsby would not want to go through a funeral alone, Nick tries to hold a large funeral for him, but all of Gatsby's former friends and acquaintances have either disappeared—Tom and Daisy move away with no forwarding address and refuse to come. The only people who go to the funeral are Nick, Owl Eyes, a few servants, and Gatsby's father, Henry C. Gatz, who has come all the way from Minnesota. Henry Gatz is proud of his son and saves a picture of his house. He also fills Nick in on Gatsby's early life, showing him a book in which a young Gatsby had written a schedule for self-improvement. Sick of the East and its empty values, Nick decides to move back to the Midwest. He breaks off his relationship with Jordan, who suddenly claims that she has become engaged to another man. Just before he leaves, Nick encounters Tom on Fifth Avenue in New York City. Nick initially refuses to shake Tom's hand but eventually accepts. Tom tells him that he was the one who told Wilson that Gatsby owned the car that killed Myrtle, and describes how greatly he suffered when he had to give up the apartment he kept in the city for his affair. He says that Gatsby deserved to die. Nick figures out that Tom and Daisy are careless and uncaring people and that they destroy people and things, knowing that their money will protect them from any harm and they just leaving the big mess behind for others to clean up.

Chapter 8

nick wants to tell Gatsby that he should be sorry but then he says the morning might be too late and Gatsby just keeps bringing up Daisy and how she is the nicest woman and the first nice woman he ever met. he made his military uniform the best and he wanted to impress her about his past. Gatsby new that he couldn't giver her everything but they new they where in love. when Gatsby was in war he was very great at it and Daisy would right him during the war and then she would have 6 dates with 6 different men. and then she met Tom. then nick noticed that it was nine and he didn't want to leave Gatsby but he had to go to work. while he was at work jordan called around noon and wanted to see him. Wilson says he know who killed his wife. Heard shots fired and Nick, chauffeur, butler, and gardner rushed to the pool where Gatsby was. They found Wilsons body.. The halocaust was done.

Chapter 7

Gatsby calls off his parties because he is so in love with daisy, which were suppose to be a way to get her back. He also fires his servants to prevent gossip and replaces them with shady individuals connected to Meyer Wolfshiem? who is he? nick also hasn't seen Gatsby for awhile and he got curious.
Nick drives to East Egg for lunch with Tom and Daisy. He finds Gatsby and Jordan Baker there as well. It is the hottest day of the entire summer, also a nurse brings in Daisy's baby girl, Gatsby is speechless and can hardly believe that the child is real. Daisy didn't even seem to really care about her child. During the awkward afternoon, Gatsby and Daisy cannot hide their love for one another. Complaining of her boredom, Daisy asks Gatsby if he wants to go into the city. Gatsby stares at her passionately, and Tom becomes certain of their feelings for each other. tom gets werid and says that they should all go to New York together. Nick rides with Jordan and Tom in Gatsby's car, and Gatsby and Daisy ride together in Tom's car. Stopping for gas at Wilson's garage, Nick, Tom, and Jordan learn that Wilson has discovered his wife's infidelity—though not the identity of her lover—and plans to move her to the West. Under the brooding eyes of Doctor T. J. Eckleburg, Nick perceives that Tom and Wilson are in the same position.
They all decide to take a suite at the Plaza Hotel. Tom asks Gatsby about his intentions for Daisy, and Gatsby replies that Daisy loves him, not Tom. Tom claims that he and Daisy have a history that Gatsby could not possibly understand. He then accuses Gatsby of running a bootlegging operation. Daisy, in love with Gatsby earlier in the afternoon, feels herself moving closer and closer to Tom as she observes the arguing. Realizing he has bested Gatsby, Tom sends Daisy back to Long Island with Gatsby to prove Gatsby's inability to hurt him. As the row quiets down, Nick realizes that it is his thirtieth birthday.
this chapter was crazy so many things happened. i am somewhat confused?

Chapter 6

Some reporter came to Gatsby's house and asked him if he had anything to say. Gatsby was confused what he was suppose to say to him he ask about what and the reporter said anything. there was also this whole like flash back thing in the book about how this man Cody had a yacht and someone was on the beach and this reporter named Ella and also Gatsby and Ella inherited this old rich mans money? i go really confused about part.
tom came to Gatsby's with a woman and man and Gatsby wanted to come to diner but they all left on horses with out him. Tom and Daisy came to Gatsby's party and they were introduced to all the celebrities and tom was mad because he was known as the polo player. Daisy liked the guy with the blue nose. they sat separate at diner and nick and her sat with the drunks and nick felt bad because it was bad but he did it because the other night nick had a good time with them but tonight was different.
also Gatsby and Daisy got to be alone outside on the steps for a half hour and it was the only good time she had the whole night.

Chapter 5

this chapter nick comes home and thinks that his house is on fire and he sees that it is just Gatsby's house, he has all his lights on and he is out staring at it from his lawn.. he talks to nick and offers him a job and also hints to him that his lawn needs mowed. nick tells Gatsby that he invited daisy down for tea. the next day Gatsby's Gardner comes and tells nick that Gatsby sent him to mow is lawn. it is raining and Gatsby says it should stop by 4. he gets nervous and thinks that no one is coming for tea because it is too late and nick says not to worry it is 2 minutes until 4 when they hear a car pull in nicks lane and it is daisy.. he brings her in and to his surprise no one is in the living room and then Gatsby rings the door bell.. nick leaves them alone for 30 minutes and does to a tree that is like a blanket against the rain.. the rain stops and nick goes in and finds them face to face on the sofa daisy had been crying and when she saw nick she jumped up and started wiping her eyes. daisy goes up stairs to clean her face because Gatsby wants to show her and nick the house. nick and Gatsby wait outside and nick tries to ask him about what he does for work and Gatsby asks if he is referring to the question about nick working but before he could answer Daisy came out.

Chapter 4

this chapter starts with all the people who have visited Gatsby in the summer and it is now late July. Gatsby tells nick that he went to oxford and forgot something terrible?.. also he says that during the war he tried to die and never did and he was honored for his bravery. later on nick goes and meets Jordan for tea he finds out that when daisy was young a year before her and tom married she was in love with Gatsby. she also says the the night before the wedding daisy got drunk and didn't want to marry tom but she did and she was good to tom and he wasn't good to her.

what did Gatsby forget something terrible? and what did he forget?

Chapter 3

the chapter starts out and the Gatsby is having one of his wonderful parties with and orchestra, good and lights. the party lasts from 9-12pm and all of these cleaners come in a through out food and clean up. nick was invited to a party and saw Jordon baker and he knew who she was because it is one of daisy's friends. he and Jordan sit down with a group of people and they begin to talk about Gatsby and his past because know one knows the truth. a man comes up to nick and says that he looks familiar and he remembers him from the war and they begin to talk and nick tells him how this is the first party he has been to even though he lives right next door and then the man tells nick his name and it is Gatsby himself, nick then mentions why Gatsby doesn't have a women because he is rich and has amazing parties, then a butler comes and asks for Jordan baker and tell her that Gatsby needs to talk.. nick waits for her and wants to hear about what he needed to say.

- i think that after all of these late night parties Gatsby would be so tired and have no energy. if he wants daisy to come why doesn't he just ask her him self?

Chapter 2

so we actually learn a lot about nick... he goes into the city with tom and see tom's mistress. Mr.Wilson,tom and nick all go and Mr.Wilson buys a dog. They go to NYC and Mr.Wilson invites people over and they get really really drunk and i know that nick said he has never gotten that drunk before. they talk about how they think that Gatsby is so rich and they think it is because he has a rich cousin. also this girls tells nick about how she thinks that tom and daisy will get a divorce and he will marry myrtle and they will go and live in the west until everything back home has kind of been forgotten. tom got really angry after myrtle changed her clothes and the way she was acting because she kept repeating daisy's name and he got mad and punched her in the noise, and it broke. after all of the craziness nick left and waited at the train station for the 4 o'clock train... slept.

why does nick agree to go with tom to see his mistress? and who is Mr.Wilson how do they know him?

Chapter 1

Nick Carraway is the narrator of the story and he says how his dad told him not to judge people right away. Nick lives in between two houses and they are both very big and he is over looking the sea. he lives net be this guy name Gatsby and nick doesn't really know about him at first but i think he likes him. He goes to East Egg and sees his cousin Dasiy who is married to Nicks good friend from Yale, Tom. Tom is very wealth and he has so much money he doesn't really know what to do with it and i think that he feels almost like there is somthing missing. They live with Betsy baker, who is also known as Jordan and Jordan is a professional golfer. They talk about the Gatsby because Besty knows him and also Daisy does and Betsy tells him how Daisy and the Gatsby fell in love a year before she married tom. Daisy and tom also have a little girl who is 2. Daisy is so sweet and when she talks to Nick he just says how she glows but there is also something about her that doesn't. They sit down to eat and the phone rings and the butler with the weird noise answers it and whispers something to Tom in his ear and Tom leaves the table and then Daisy leaves and Besty tells Nick about how Tom has another women who lives in New York. they come back and Tom tells Nick that if it isn't dark when they are done with supper they are going to go the the stables and then the phone rings again and Daisy says that they aren't going to the stables.

Why doesn't daisy just divorce tom since he is having an affair? is that not the right thing to do in that time?

About F. Scott Fitzgerald

Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was born to a upper-middle class family on September 24, 1896 in saint Paul, Minnesota. He was enrolled in the St. Paul Academy, even then at an early age and he showed a love of the theatre and writing--his first work to appear in print was a detective story The Mystery of the Raymond Mortgage (1909) in the Academy's student paper Now and Then. He then wrote many plays and also some magazines, he loved theatre. He had many works come out one after the other and they were not all the same some were theatres/plays, other maybe articles, and also books or short writings.

Fitzgerald proclaimed: "An author ought to write for the youth of his generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward."
I think that he is just saying he wants to write for the youth and have it still be popular for when the next generation comes. He always wants it to be interesting even after the writing has been around for some time. He wants to provide something that will always keep people on their toes and keep them reading his works after he is long gone.

The 192Os in America was a time of great prosperity, hard labor, war, red scare, flappers, the Charleston, Crime, Gangsters, Prohibition and the Mob, stock market crash, the jazz age, prohibition, race relations, the Ku Klux Klan, urban migration, Sacco and Vanzetti, religious fundamentalism, the Scopes trial, Leopold and Loeb, politics, mass entertainment and consumerism, mass culture, the avant-garde, and the changing role of women, film making and movies, radio, sports: negro league, babe Ruth, Chicago Black Sox, automobile industries. A lot of things happened in the 20s as we learned in American History it was the "roaring" twenties and was known as almost a party time but as always the party has to end and it sure did end in the 1930s when the great depression hit the states and we managed to come out of it and we were still a democracy and not dictatorship.

"Exegit monumentum aere perennius."
I have erected a monument more lasting than bronze.
The saying is in latin

Thesis

Wilson, the loud soldier, is loud to cover up the quiet, sensitive soldier that he really is.

• “The youth took note of a remarkable change in his comrade since those days of camp life upon the river bank” (Crane 14.12). Henry noticed how the loud soldier was no longer loud at all, he showed quiet belief in his purpose and abilities. He is also showing his sensitive side and how he can be caring by cooking supper, tending to his comrades, and just not using swear words when he talks (which he was known for earlier at the camp). Wilson is noticeably changed from the person he was before and it is for the good.

• “His friend, perceiving him to be awake, came from the fire. "Well, Henry, ol' man, how do yeh feel this mornin'?" he demanded. The youth yawned again. Then he puckered his mouth to a little pucker. His head, in truth, felt precisely like a melon, and there was an unpleasant sensation at his stomach. "Oh, Lord, I feel pretty bad," he said. "Thunder!" exclaimed the other. "I hoped ye'd feel all right this mornin'. Let's see th' bandage--I guess it's slipped” (Crane 14.7-10). Henry awoke and felt like he had been sleeping for one hundred years; Wilson saw that he was awake after Henry cried out. Wilson went over to Henry and tended to his head and fixed his bandage and helps sit him up. Wilson asked Henry how he was feeling and of course Henry’s reply was that he was feeling horrible, Wilson suggested that he get some food. Henry couldn’t believe how caring and sensitive the loud young soldier was, Henry was very happy that he had someone there for him.

• “At the fireside the loud young soldier watched over his comrade's wants with tenderness and care. He was very busy marshaling the little black vagabonds of tin cups and pouring into them the streaming iron colored mixture from a small and sooty tin pail. He had some fresh meat, which he roasted hurriedly on a stick”(Crane 14.11). Wilson was awake along before the others were fast asleep, roasting meat on a stick and using tin pots to cook a steaming mixture. As the others awoke he served them and also brought some to Henry with glee.

Saving Private Ryan

First off i think that there is some similar characters from the book. the tall soldier or Jim- i think that the Sargent is like Jim because he gets hurt and he is still running and fighting and then he keeps getting shot and finally when they are across the bridge he dies. Henry (the youth)- is like upham because he is young and immature and then when he finally shoots the guy he kind of becomes mature.

Light and Dark- no matter if it is light or dark the battles and fighting still do on.

Noise and Silence- the captain was in his own world a lot and it got quiet and he would just watch everything around him. when Wade died they were all silent because he was a part of them just like Caparzo and now they just keep loosing men. Its noisy anytime in battle, its never really quiet.

Clean and Dirty- when Stanly was eating the dirty apples, also they are always dirty their skin is always almost black from dirt and when someone is hurt they just put their hands all over in the blood trying to save the person and their hands get covered in blood.

Youth and Maturity- everyone looks up to the Captain and respects him because he is mature and knows what to do, he has been through a lot. youth is when Upham lets so many people go when he could kill so many and keep his fellow men alive.

Dead Solder- When Wade as calling for his mom and also when Caparzo was reading the letter he wrote for his father.

The Flag- it was in the cemetery at the beginning and then at the end, it might represent honor and battle but I didn’t really understand.

Courage- when the sharp shooter, took left when no body would he was stepping up. When Ryan didn’t want to leave his “brothers” and go home, he wanted to stay and fight.

Manhood- Upham hasn’t reached manhood yet, he is always hiding while battle is going on, and he never shoots, only once at the end.

Self-preservation- when Upham hid behind the cow while everyone else went up and fought and one man died. When the one soldier from Boston, NY started to disobey the captain and walk away because they let the enemy go.

Disregard for Human Life- when they wanted to kill the enemy p.o.w because he killed Wade; it was against the rules. Also just anything in battle they don’t care who or what you are, you’re the enemy so you must die, and that goes for the Americans too.

Themes, motifs, and symbols

Themes: an idea that recurs in or pervades a work

Courage- the youth and the Loud soldier both show courage during the story because they fight through it all and also ever soldier that fights shows their courage.

Manhood- I think that the Loud soldier became a man because of the war towards the end of the book he was no longer loud he was so different in a good way. The Youth also showed his manhood because he no longer was just a child he was a man because of the war.

Self-preservation- everyone who fought in the war had self-preservation because the war just changes you from what I have read in the story, it will scar you for life but it will also make you stronger and believe in yourself because you have to believe in yourself to fight.

Disregard for Human Life- When you go to war you pretty much have to find out were you think you will be going after life and be okay with death because they don’t give you a 50/50 chance of living or dying its either you life through it or you don’t.

Motifs: distinctive feature or dominant idea

Noise and Silence- there was always noise all around, sounds of gun shots and battle, it only seemed to be quiet when henry was sleeping or when he was in his own state of mind during the whole battle and everything around him was happing but in his mind he was silent and almost going slow motion.

Light and Dark- during the night they never really slept, and also it didn’t really matter if it was night or day because no matter what you could always hear gun fire and sound of battle.

Clean and Dirty- i think that clean is when henry became mature because he seemed to know what to do

Youth and Maturity- I think that in the story the war made them become more mature.

Symbols: objects, characters, figures, or colors used to represent abstract ideas.

The Dead Soldier- I didn’t really know this one, I think that when they saw the dead soldier it some what scared them because they hadn’t really fought yet and before they fought they saw kind of a symbol of what it was like and that was the dead soldier.

The Flag- I think that it showed honor for those who fight in war.

Character

Characters

Henry Fleming- He is the main character and he is also known as the young soldier, I also think that he is a mama’s boy.
Henry’s Mother- she is over protective and tells him he can come home whenever.
Jim Conklin- He is known as the Tall Soldier, I think that he is considered the wiser one.
Wilson- he is also known as the Loud Soldier.
Tattered Soldier- he is the soldier that looks like he is homeless
Lieutenant- he is in charge and he says some mean things about the regiment and I don’t think he has much faith in them

Chapter 24

In the final chapter they are ordered back up the river, as they walk along henry thinks of all of the past battles and what he did earlier on compared to now. Henry is now changed and he is very overwelmed and happy because of how great he has done in the last few battles and he is able to forgive himself of the guilt and gives himself some praise. As rain begins to fall from the sky, Henry smiles, he is picturing a world of beauty, happiness, and eternal peace.

Chapter 23

They are all ordered a final charge at fence and with the last amount of energy they all charge. they seem some enemy men flee, and they talk about capturing the opponents flag, Wilson succeeds in prying it from the dead enemy's fingers. they end up capturing four soldiers one is cursing them, one is talking with interest, one is staring, and one is ashamed to be captured. Henry settles in some grass and him and Wilson talk of everything they have accomplished.
Question: since they got the enemy's flag does this mean they have completely won?

Chapter 22

For the next battle Henry has great self confidence. as the battles rage on the regiment loses a lot of men and is very scarce, Henry looses himself for a while and just watches around but he tells himself no matter what he can not retreat and at the time he can only stand and watch what is happening around him. the regiment is becoming almost nothing compared to the enemy and Henry makes sure Wilson and the lieutenant are unhurt.
Question: this time they are not so strong it seems to just change, and also it seems like the story is being more focused on the gore and blood of the battle?

Chapter 21

they go back to formation and other soldiers are mocking them, Henry looks back at the battle field and realizes that what seemed to be so big was actually really small. the commander who talked bad about the regiment comes up and call them mud diggers and this makes the soldiers of the 304Th regiment very angry and a big fuss is brought up and everyone is talking among themselves. as all the men are talking two soldier come up and tell Henry and Wilson they over heard the lieutenant talking and he said that they are probably the strongest and the best in the regiment and they try and act like it is no big deal but inside they are both very satisfied and have new confidence in the war.

Chapter 20

They keep charging with the flag and see soldiers are following along more. Henry is trying to reassure him self and he does he says how if the enemy is meant to win this battle at least it will be a fight because the 304Th regiment fights with confidence. finally they get the enemy to retreat and all of the men are so happy and they feel as though weight was uplifted off there shoulders, the rejoice and have more confidence then ever.
Question: i knew they could do it!

Chapter 19

when Henry and Wilson find out that their regiment is being insulted they are really shocked and upset because they think that their regiment is really great what makes it worse is that they over hear the officer and lieutenant talking and they say how they think that most of the 304Th soldiers will probably die in the up coming battle. Henry and Wilson go back to the other soldiers and want to tell them what they have just heard and that they need to get ready to charge but as the officers are getting them into formation they think that they should keep the secret to them selves because they don't want to taunt any of the soldiers or at least scare them or anything, so they just prepare them selves for battle. finally the men charge forward and they reach the enemy lines and Henry and Wilson are just watching as many soldiers are getting taken out one by one bullet by bullet and the look deformed (grotesque) Henry sees the regiments flag and he starts to run to it as if it were sacred and then the soldier responsible for carrying it is shot down so Henry and Wilson pry the flag from the dead soldiers fingers and begin to charge on.
Question: why do the officers and them think that the 304th regiment will be horrible in battle and die because i thought that they were one of the best?

Chapter 18

the troops in the trenches rest while all the other fighting in the woods continues, thick smoke takes over the woods and all you can hear is the sounds of gun fire. all of the sudden Wilson and Henry hear a friend Jimmie Rodgers cry out in pain and Wilson thinks that there is a stream near by so he goes to get some water and Henry follows, they can't find a stream but they have a really good view of the battle unfolding and they See who all of the blue men are swarming everywhere they see a general or comrad trample over a wounded man and then i think a general and his people pass by as 2 comrades are discussing their weak position and then the officer tells them that he doesn't need Henry's regiment, which is 304Th, and he says because they fight like mule drivers
Question: i didn't really understand this chapter, like the conversation with the officers, generals, and lieutenant?

Chapter 17

so all of the soldiers are still waiting and they are all getting very tired and also anise but there is still no battle taking place. henry actually gets into a battle and keeps shooting and reloading over and over and he refuses to back down, i think he has realized what he did was wrong and now he is trying to prove he is a loyal soldier but then he hears this laughing coming from one of his fellow soldiers and then henry realizes he is firing at nothing, then all of the sudden the battle is over and the enemy fled. they all say that henry was great in the battle and the litunut said that if he had a lot (ten thousand) of men like henry he would probably win the war in a week. henry says that it was as if he had fallen asleep and woken as a knight.
Question: why all of the sudden do they all think so highly of henry, did he do something that great?

Chapter 16

All of the soldiers are being led to the trench and then Wilson falls fast asleep once they are there.just like in earlier chapters rumors of battle and enemy's approaching are spread rapidly. Henry and his group are led into the forest by their leaders and Henry gets mad and is complaining a lot about the poor leadership, when he is complaining another soldier mocks him and Henry gets like self conscious and stops. finally the lieutenant has a spot for them in the woods and tells them that they will be battling the enemy in minutes and the men grow scared any sad as they hear the battle in the background.
Question: why is Henry's group/regiment taken into the woods and not the trenches?

Chapter 15

Henry then remembers that he had a yellow envelope that Wilson had asked to be delivered to his family upon his death. He wanted to remind him about it but then he thought that is was best not to bring it up now. he doesn't want to bring it up because he is afraid that it will remind Wilson of his bravery and ask Henry what he is been up to for the past day. He does not worry about the battles that are yet come because he is scared that he is "doomed to greatness and won't be able to be killed ever" Wilson interrupts Henry and asked him for the envelope back. Henry then finally gives it to him and Wilson seem like he was very embarrassed. Henry starts imagining telling his mother and a young woman from his hometown stories of the war.

Chapter 14

when Henry wakes up in the morning it is dawn and grey he said that he felt like he was sleeping for a thousand years. he says he hears a deadly persistency in the back ground, then he looks around and sees all of his fellow soldiers and he for a moment believes that he is dead and he gets scared and yells out. (the loud soldier) Wilson asks Henry how he feels as he tends to his head. Henry tells him that oh lord it hurts pretty bad, but Henry realizes that the loud soldier really isn't loud anymore because he keeps checking on the youth (Henry) and is being really sensitive and caring and that is is actually quiet and confident. henry and wilson are talking and he says that jim is dead and also they are interupted by 2 other soldiers talking bad about somthing and Wilson tells them to keep the peace and him and henery keep talking then henry tells him that many of the other soldiers were lost from there group and went to the forest to fight the enemy and henry said that he knew that because that is were he was, is what he said.
Question: I don't really have a question i just think that it is cool how the loud soldier is no longer known as loud and that he has changed for the good.

Chapter 13

Henry finally gets the courage to go back to his fire even though he is so scared that his fellow soldiers will be angry with him because he disappeared and left the battle line. at camp a lot of hims fellow soldiers are sleeping so he struggles to get were he needs to be while he is struggling he hears a loud voice and it is (the loud soldier) Wilson and asked if that was Henry, Henry said yes and the loud soldier was happy to see him and thought that he was dead. He tells the loud soldier that he was shot in the dead after he got separated from the group and a friend hears him say that he has been shot and gets Simpson the doctor and Simpson examines him and says that Henry was "gazed by a ball" and it has just left no more than a lump and that it has stopped bleeding a long time ago and that some "feller" had just landed on him and hit him in the head?.Henry watches around the camp and then Wilson hands him some coffee and he tends to his head with a wet cloth and gave Henry his blanket and then he is happy that everything is okay and he falls asleep.
Question: it kind of seemed that Simpson was almost laughing inside that Henry thought that his big dumb was very bad?

Chapter 12

Henry finally sees what is going on in the battle Field. his soldiers retreat because the enemy attacked the infantrymen?. all of these scared men started to run toward Henry he tried asking what went wrong and also what had happened because he didn't know why all of the sudden he were leaving the battle. he tries to grab a man and ask him but the man hits him in the head with his rifle barrel Henry falls down and tries to get away from the men running all over the opposite way of the battle. some stranger comes up to Henry and helps him then he helps him try to find his regiment he point to the campfire of his regiment and he says goodbye and good luck and he disappears and Henry looks for him and realizes he never once looked at his face, he remembers his big strong hands on his shoulders.
Question: is this stranger maybe a spirit or something? especially if he never saw his face maybe if was suppose to be like that? i don't know?

Chapter 11

the battle is getting more and more intense. he sees some other soldiers going to battle and they are all getting pumped up to go and it almost makes him want to go along to the battle field but he reminds himself that he has no gun, he is also hungry and thirsty and his body is achy and he is sore and tired. he tries to see which side is winning and he starts to think that if his side loses it will kind of be his fault because of his actions.. he left the line of battle. he starts think also that his army has won a lot and think that he says he wants most of them of them or all of them to be sick and lose but then he puts a huge blame on himself and also makes himself guilty and says he is the worst man alive.
Question: why did he want his fellow soldiers to be ill? i got mixed up in that part.

Chapter 10

The tattered man is still thinking about how amazing it was that Jim had that much strength before he died to run from him and Henry. finally they leave Jim lay there and the tattered man talks about how is doesn't feel good at all and then when he says that Henry worries that that tattered man will die on him to and he doesn't want to see another death right now, but the tattered man says that he won't die because he has family with children and he has to make it home to them. he starts talking more and more and tells how he saw some soldier get shot in the head and he didn't even realize he was even hurt until he was dead. then the tattered man thinks Henry is his old friend Tom Jamison and tells him that he also looks weak, and that he should get his injury looked at by someone or it could get infected or worse.
Question: how does the tattered man get Henry and this Tom Jamison guy confused? Who is he, or does it not matter?

Quiz 2

Henry is referred to as "the youth" and Wilson is referred to as "the loud private." How has each character changed from the beginning of the story to now, specifically in regards to these monikers? Use specific examples from the story to support your answer.

• They all have nicknames like Jim is the tall soldier and Henry is the youth and Wilson is the loud private, i think that they have these nicknames because it is easier for them to be remembered and also when talks about all of the different people then it talks about these characters with nicknames you know exactly who they are because they are unique. Henry i think has given in to his "nickname" (moniker) because he is a youth and acts like one and how he left the battle line, since he is called the youth they would probably guess that he would make decisions like that. Also Wilson is obviously loud because that is why they call him the loud private, and i am guessing that Jim is tall, i think that Jim will also become more wise since he is injured and still alive he will also be known for how brave he is and it think it will give him more confidence. i also realized that Jim is no longer the tall soldier because he has fallen and died, and the loud soldier has become quiet and calm and caring and confident from what he first was and i think that it is the war that has done this.

Chapter 9

Henry wished that he could have a wound so he would have a red badge of courage. Henry went back and saw Jim and he was so excited and Jim asked him were he had been and Jim thought he was keeled over. also Jim was telling how he was out here shot and it was like a circus. Jim told Henry that he was afraid he will fall over and the artillery wagons would run him over but Henry swears to god that he will take care of Jim is happy and glad that Henry says that, then all the sudden he tells Henry to stay away from him and Henry is confused but he still tries to take Jim into a field were the artillery wagons won't get him or scare him, Jim refuses and he runs into a bush i think? and then Henry and the tattered soldier go in after him and watch Jim fall down and he starts shaking very fast and finally Jim dies and that tattered soldier and Henry (the youth) are horrified.
Question: why does Jim not want them to take him to the feild? What made Jim just almost freak out like he did?

Chapter 8

Henry has fled and they have won but also Jim died and Henry remembers how he saw Jim running when he was injured and he couldn't believe that Jim could run like that because he was hurt pretty bad. also Henry is trying to think of something to tell the other soldiers why he left the battle line, he thinks that he wants to tell him that an injured soldier was talking to him about how he would never leave the line because it is wrong and you just  don't do it and also that the injured soldier was talking so he couldn't' just leave him and then when he told him this he had to leave and get back to his fellow fighters. but really he is just scared and a coward.

Question: i don't really have a question i just think that the right thing is  for Henry to go back and just tell them all that he was afraid, just tell them the truth because it will end up kicking him in the butt later anyways.

Chapter 7

The young soldier had fled and they were all happy because they had won but they talked about how Jim had died, and the Youth was remembering how he saw Jim running when he was injured and he couldn't believe for how bad he was hurt that he could run like he did. The youth is worried because he knows that he has done something bad, he had fled the battle line but he tries and makes what he did sound good and he tries to reassure himself.

i think that he is in the army to fight for his loved ones and for himself and his country and what he did was wrong.

Chapter 6

They thought that the fighting was over and they were all hoping they wouldn't come again until a week from Monday and then one saw that they were coming again and then they all saw the flag charging again. they all got up their bodies were stiff and they were tired, they wanted someone to send out supports because they were all doing everything they were the only ones that seemed to be fighting all the rebels. the youth became stiff and didn't know if he would move his joints  and his hands were awkward and his arms almost numb. there was a revelation, many fled their was no shame in their faces. the youth left his rifle and did the same thing with no shame on his face, he realized that he had lost the direction of safety, he had left his rifle lay somewhere. he saw the lieutenant bawling and he looked very red, he made a dab with his sword. then the youth was  running like a blind man and he fell like 3 times. i think that the youth was just going crazy, almost having an out of body experience? 

Question: what was he watching was he watching the enemy when he was explaining the comrades shouting and the officers on horses?

Chapter 5

The Youth was looking back on his child hood and how he used to watch parades he was interrupted by someone yelling "Here they come!" and is was being repeated by almost everyone and then everyone was making sure they were ready and that their guns were loaded finally the youth realized his gun was not loaded, he kind of was struggling, they are suppose to hold them back also (commands from the commander). they were all getting ready and their adrenaline was pumping and he shot one shot to say they were going to start fighting. he started to realize again that it is reality and began to feel The effects of war: a blistering sweat, a sensation that his eyeballs were about to crack like hot stones. a burning roar filled his ears. following this came red rage: he wanted to strangle with his fingers and he had a mad feeling against his gun that he would you against one life at a time, etc. The Tall solder asked why they don't support us? why don't they send support? also the youth heard this as he was dozed of.
Question: why do they need support are they a smaller group? or is it a bigger enemy?

Quiz #1

Post your answer to the following question in the most current location on your blog. Be complete. You may use your notes (obviously).

1. What does the title of this book mean? Be specific in your response, noting Henry's comments.

• The title of the story means that when you are fighting in battle and you are still alive but you are hurt and no one is around or to busy to help, Henry says how he would never want to be.
  

2. What is the importance of the tattered man? What does he represent?

• It shows how gruesome the war is, i think that when the youth and Henry see it, it makes them realize wow, this is real this is the real thing.
  

3. What role does Henry's mother play while he is away from her?

• She makes sure he knows that she will be home no matter what and also if anything gets a hole like his socks he needs to just send them home and she will sew them for him. she is really over protective.
  

4. How does Henry use the squirrel to justify his actions?

• ? i am not this far. :( sorry.
  

Chapter 4

There is a lot of new characters in this chapter. they are talking about how each of them are either brave or hurt or good at commanding or being officers, etc. they are in battle and the youth and his friends were freezing in silence. they could see a flag through the smoke then they saw "a turbulent stream of men across the fields." as they were preparing for battle a shell went over the reserves heads and they could hear it screaming, is ended up exploding in the ground and the reserves were showered with pine needles. then came the bullets hitting trees and knocking down twigs and things. the lieutenant got shot in the hand, he was swearing a lot and it made a nervous laughter in through out the reserves and it kind of relieved some tightness. he rapped it with a handkerchief. There were comanders going down a stream with swords hitting anyone and everyone they could reach.
Question: Then the youth thought about the other troops that didnt' show and how they could run and he was going to run with them? but he was faster? i didn't under stand what he meant by that.

Chapter 3

The Chapter opens up and it says how the brave worried soldiers slept. they got up early and started on a path and as they went along they were counting miles with their fingers, they also started to grumble and complain. they started to hear guns firing but Henry thought that is was thunder. Henry started to expect a battle scene and try to picture one, he got one in his head but when they actually got there he said that nothing looked like he expected. they came upon a dead soldier that was an enemy and saw that the soles of his shoes were warn very thin and he looked as if he was staring at the sky, i think it spooked the younger soldiers. the youth and the loud soldier were talking while all of the battle was happening (yelling) and they were saying how they would rather be anywhere but here, and i think that then the loud soldier gets shot because he says that he is going to die? But then he says that it is his first and last battle.. because he can feel it? so i was confused on that part?
Henry wishes he was home because he realizes that he misses the cows that he had, even though when he was home he hated them i think that he is worried because he feels that he isn't in the right place.

Chapter 2

they hear that they might be going to battle the next day and then they find out that it wasn't true and they are relieved because i don't think that they want to go, i mean who would. then once again they hear that the are going to battle and Henry gets really worried and scared and doesn't want to go because he thinks that once they start to battle that he will run from it and be a fool, he also would not stop worry about it he would just walk back and fourth thinking about it and he was basically freaking out and he is starting to want to go home and wish that he would have never of come to war in the first place. the tall soldier and his companion start to cry, i think?, and they praise them selves because they are safe and all.

Question: why are they so scared for this battle i mean of course anyone would but that is what they are there for to fight, i don't know if some of them are forced to fight or what? but if they are so scared why are they even in the army?

Chapter 1

The Army is up on a hill and they are resting, they awake and get all eager because they have to start battle, they hear a lot of rumors and have to make sure they are either true or false. A young solider caught news that he would finally get to fight in battle along with everyone else. Jim the tall soldier) tells Henry to just wait for tomorrow and you will see what battle is about. They also discuss how they think the regiment will do and they think that they will be alright.

- I got really confused at the end of the story when the tall soldier and Henry were talking.