Thursday, September 27, 2012

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.

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