The Drummer Boy of Shiloh

    I recently finished a short story called " The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh "  by Ray Bradbury.It was a very inspiring story that took place in the civil war during the battle of shiloh.It was a bloody and dangerous battle.The main idea of the story was about a shy drummer boy named  Joby. Who was involved  in the civil war. He was involved because he as the drummer boy. Joby wasn't to happy he he was actually pretty scared. Joby general was a nice guy he treated Joby as if he was his son. when Joby was crying he told him that when he was younger he was crying just like him. The general helped him move on. 
     Joby was a innocent boy who thought he was useless. It turns out he wasn't useless he actually was very important. Joby ran away at the age of nine to join the U.S army. Joby was a special boy a man whispered in his hear that he was going to be the one , the one of all the rest he won't die he'll go home and and the band will play and he will be there to hear it. The drummer boy states that he  only has a drum and two sticks to beat it. He has no shield no protection and his drum and two sticks. Joby said he hated the drum so much and that it was worse than a toy.
   The general catches Joby crying and say " here's a solider crying before a fight ". Than after he finished crying the he said "do you want to cry more boy I did that last night" the general admits that he was crying last night so Joby shouldn't feel ashamed of crying because everyone does it. He state that " it's going to be a crazy night". " You are the heart of the army " the general states,  this quote shows that Joby wasn't just a useless boy he actually did something and the general even admit to it.

   The main idea in this story is never say you give up or can't do anything because you can one day so never give up.

A Child Called "It"

         During the summer  I recently read a book called a child called it  by Dave Pelzer and it was a very sad and depressing book. It was about a young boy named  Dave  that gets abused bye his mother. Dave pelzer got through all the beating and bruises she caused him. For exampl, in one part of the book she makes him throw up to see if he ate anything because she makes him starve and then after she makes him throw up she makes him eat his throw up. The saddest part of the book to me is when she burns and on the stove while he was crying she wouldnt care she would just continue to burn him even more. I think this young boy shows courage to never giving up on his mom because she would make him play these unpredictable games that nearly killed him and if he didn't learn how to play his mom would beat him or make him starve. So this book turned out to be my favorite book and I think the lesson in this story is its very hard to tell on someone you love like Dave he didn't want to tell the cops on his mother because he still loved her.