Similar and Different

Author’s Note: This is a written piece about how the Fighting Ground and real life are similar and different.

The real life and this book are going to be hard to find similar and different things. One reason because the main character in the story may or may not be real in real life. The battles are probably real the whole story may not be true but it is entertainment. The revolutionary war had the first battle in real life too. The gun is the same. So the question is what is the same and difference between the story and the revolutionary war.

To begin with, in this story they talk about how the guns are taller than Jonathan and he is a normal thirteen year old boy. In real life the guns were about five and half feet tall. So they talked in the story how it took Jonathan so long to reload. He had to go onto his tippy toes just to get the gun powder into the barrel. It goes to show even in real life in that time period you had to be at least six foot tall.

In Addition, the first battle in the story was an actual battle in real life. What happened to Jonathan may not have happened. What happened to Jonathan, well to star of he was forced to be in the front line because he was so short. There was a Frenchman standing next to him who was shot in the mouth and landed on top of Jonathan. Jonathan could get the Frenchman off of him and then he was captured by the British troops.

On the other hand, there were some different stuff like in the beginning I don’t think that the Germans that the British hired to fight with them. They didn’t capture anyone; they killed anyone they saw besides their own people. So it’s kind of odd that they sat that the Germans capture Jonathan when that was not there way of battle. Another reason real life and the fighting ground are different is that the rebels would never believe that a thirteen year old boy could be eight-teen. I bet he doesn’t even look like he is eight-teen. Any normal thirteen year old doesn’t look like an eight-teen year old.

Finally, in this story and real life have a lot in common and a lot of difference one big was that Jonathan may not be a real character. There is so little on this one battle that I couldn’t find much information. The guns description was the same in real life the first battle was a real battle. The different stuff like how they would never believe that a thirteen year boy looks like a eight-teen year old and the German soldiers that the British used to fight with them didn’t capture anyone in real life.

The Nest of the Enemy

Author’s Note: this is a cause and effect piece that shows the cause of the main character going to war and the effect in that.

Scared, cold, hurt, worried Jonathan can feel all of this in the climax but first to get there he has to cause this somehow. In this story Jonathan, the main character, wants to fight the British. Even though he farther thinks otherwise like any 13 year old he does listen very well. When the rebels come they find him and he tells him that he is 18 because you have to be at least 18 to be in revolution. Joining the rebels has put Jonathan into a really bad spot in his life.

They set off for Pennington, which is a far walk for a young boy that is carrying a rifle that is taller than him and is 10 pounds lighter than him. He also has the uniform which is fit for a 6 foot man when it’s like 5 foot tall. Their first stop on the way to Pennington is Rocktown. They have all their men stopping by the well in the middle of the town and there is a woman drawing water from it. All the men stop and look at her for a while and then the woman finally stops and gave a bucket of water for them to pass it around and Jonathan isn’t man enough to speak up and say he wants some. Then they come to their first battle in Pennington.

            When they got there Jonathan had it bad because of his shortness he had to be in front of everyone. Has the British came closer Jonathan’s heart was racing more and more. When the firing shots start Jonathan is to scared to do anything then the Frenchman sitting next him get shot right in the mouth. The Frenchman lands on top of Jonathan and the Frenchman is still alive. Jonathan can’t get up because of all the equipment the Frenchman has. So the battle is over for him. When the battle finally is over because the rebels retreat and Jonathan is still on the ground. The British soldiers come and take Jonathan hostage.

            In the nest of the enemy lies Jonathan now probably scared or just thinking of ways to get out. Maybe he is thinking about what they are going to do to him. In his position he now probably wishes he never lied about his age just to fight this battle.

A Different View of Things

Author's Note: this is a point of view piece of another soldier that is a rebel aong with the group that Jonathan is in.
 
This book is written in the point of view of main character. In The Fighting Ground there is a young 13 year old boy named Jonathan that dreams of being in a patriot and fighting the British. He also never listen to his father because he always dreams of being a part of the rebels or commonly known as the patriots. But he is only 13 and you have to be at least 18 or older to be able to enroll in the army. He is very scared on in the inside as you read on you can feel the words and put yourself into his position and just picture what he is going through. Of course is furious at this because he would do anything to be a part of the rebel and the war. The thing he doesn’t understand that he is getting himself into a lot of dangerous events that he really doesn’t want to be a part of.

                One way that Jonathan point of view influences the reader's interpretation is how this perspective describes when they are marching for days and days just to get to Pennington. It shows how Jonathan is tired because he has to carry a rife that is the taller than him and weights a ton for him because he is not a grown man to carry it all. There first stop is in Rocktown, in this scene he talks about how they get to the town well and they see a woman drawing water from the well and after awhile the woman finally fills a bucket up and passes it around to the men. Since Jonathan was so young and small he never got enough courage to ask one of the men for a sip of the water. He describes very well in words say how scared he was to ever ask the simple question if he could have some water. Then finally when they get to their first battle you could just put yourself into Jonathan’s position again and just think about how you would feel being a 13 year old in the revolutionary war. The coronal takes Jonathan and says short one in the front. Now this just gets your heart racing. He is put next to one of the Frenchman that is brand new to America. There were shots flying everywhere, and then bam a bullet goes right into the mouth of the Frenchman. He falls right onto Jonathan the thing is, his heart is still beating. Yes the Frenchman was not yet died from the bullet. And Jonathan couldn’t push him off.

                I think that in the battle scene that the author could not have had the Frenchman shot in the mouth instead have him be shot in the arm or something because that just makes it gross and not that realistic with the bullet in the mouth. I think that if this book was written in the point of view of the coronal if he saw that bullet hit the Frenchman he would care much about him or Jonathan. I don’t think even Jonathan would even existed because they never get to know each other that close they don’t even know each other’s names. It probable was more like he saw his men falling with every shot taken so he called the retreat so that not everyone would die in front of him.

                The importance of a reader to see things in different point of views is to help understand a story more and really put you into a book and enjoy them more. I think that books can be more and I guarantee that anybody that loves book are those people that out them self into the position of the main character.