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My claim is being selfish gets you nowhere the story little drummer boy of shiloh. The main character Joby is in the continental army and his role is the drummer boy which he seems is the worst Joby since there’s no gun. He had run away from home to join the army and he left everything he had for the army. The night before a big battle at owl creek the general approaches him at night and tells him about the importance of his role. He gives inspiration to the soldiers in the battle the boy didn't seem to care at first but started caring after the general found out Joby had run away from home. No it might be said that Joby feels no empathy for his family and the general but the general shows empathy for him. Joby was sent home by the general since he didn't want Joby to get hurt.
ReplyDeleteThe general approached joby the night before the battle on owl creek the very next day. The general is surprised to see Joby, a young boy willing to face death and watch mass destruction on a battlefield but Joby doesn't know what to say. The general finds out that Joby ran away from home and was selfish for doing so. The general wants Joby to go home to stop hiding and go home to his family. The general explains to Joby most of the men might never see their family again and he wants Joby to
go home to be with his family.
There is repetition in the drummer boy of shiloh but not so much of it the author wanted us to feel like we were in the war that day in owl creek making statements like steady long long steady over and over for the men to aim their guns as Joby the main character run and leaves the battle before it has begun. That is what the general wanted and Joby remember that day and that's the end of the story
James B.
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In the story Charles, by Shirly Jackson, a kid named Laurie makes up a story about a naughty kid named Charles in his class. His parents are obsessed with Charles. In the end, we find out that Charles is Laurie. The author lets us know that you have to pay attention to the people in your life, and not pay attention to other people’s lives.
After school, Laurie would come home every day and be mean to his parents and his sister. At lunch he spoke insolently to his father, spilled his baby
sister’s milk, and remarked that his teacher said we were not to
take the name of the Lord in vain. This showed foreshadowing by the author. His parents did nothing about his behavior. They thought it was just normal behavior for a kindergartener, and they were more interested in the stories about Charles than they were in their own son.
Everyday after school, Laurie went home and told his parents about Charles. This was Laurie’s way of telling stories about himself to his parents. “It was Charles,” he said. “He was fresh. The teacher spanked him and made him stand in a corner. He
was awfully fresh.” At the end of the story his mom finally finds out that Laurie is Charles at a PTA meeting.
In the story, Charles is a symbol of Laurie’s need for attention. Because of Laurie’s stories, she finally figures out that she needs to pay attention to Laurie more than somebody that is not in their family. “Yes,” I said, laughing, “you must have your hands full in that kindergarten, with Charles.” “Charles?” she said. “We don’t have any Charles in the kindergarten.”
Some may argue that the moral of the story is that kids lie. Laurie is telling a story that is not true to his parents every day, and it might sound like a lie to some people. Laurie was actually not telling a lie. Instead, he was telling stories about himself with a different character's name. “Charles yelled so in school they sent a boy in from first grade to tell the teacher she had to make Charles keep quiet, and so Charles had to stay after school. And so all the children stayed to watch him.”
If you are too caught up in other people’s lives, you might not notice what is going on in your everyday life and what is happening to the people around you. Focus on your life and try to not judge other people.