The Finest Hours

The war was being so heavily fought and thousands of soldiers died daily, leaving the military always in need of men for the cause. Due to the military’s haste, many men were sent out without proper training. Some of these men were sent out to sea without any knowledge of how to swim. These men were set to fail by their own country in military due to the lack of detail and preciseness put into the training and education of these men for life at sea.

These master works of war torn fiction, allow the reader to experience the impact war infuses on soldiers and citizens alike. Through powerful narration, these stories reveal how their characters are impacted physically, emotionally and psychologically by the war that surrounds

The Titanic’s famous crash had many different effects on the people that were part of the tragedy. One person it affected was Jack Thayer, “As for Jack himself, he never seemed able to regain the feeling of confidence and excitement he’d felt as he stood on the Titanic’s deck that April night,”. Another was Bruce Ismay, “Ismay never recovered from the shame.”. Those who lost loved ones were known as “Grief-stricken survivors,” after the tragedy.

Norman Bowker and Lieutenant Cross were presenting a bold front for someone else –Kiowa and Martha. Tim O’Brien and Curt Lemon plucked up their courage for themselves. And all the soldiers in the war overcame their fears for their country. The book focuses on both the act and the result of the soldier’s bravery. As some of their courageous acts end in a glorious victory, some finish with a lugubrious way.

This book was interesting for me because it allowed me to relate to a character. I love reading novels that not only allow me to feel a connection with a character, but allow me to relate to their personality or

The plane then sunk into the Potomac River, leaving passengers fighting for their lives. Only six of the seventy four passengers survived and one of the passengers lived to tell the story of the man who risked his own life while fighting to save everyone else ’s. In the article “The Man in the Water,” by Roger Rosenblatt, the theme is heroism.

Horrific events can turn into days of remarklable wonder. In the story, “The Long Nights of the Little Boats,” by Basil Heatter, British troops were overrun by German Soldiers in Dunkirk. beThe need for them to be saved united thousands of random Englishmen to come to their rescue. The character of these men made them be the good people who came to the rescue of the soldiers. Positive Human traits make people successful which was witnessed by little boat rescuers traits, the soldiers traits, and my own personal traits.

The overall message is that people need to stay together and work together in order to survive tough times. In addition, intercalary chapters work to familiarize the reader with what has yet to come or in order to clarify what has already happened. Throughout chapter one Steinbeck describes the scene and gives the reader background on the time period and describes the setting of the novel. It describes that the time period is during the dust bowl, it is a very solemn and dark time period where people have little to no money.

There were a lot of themes that I picked up. Kit was a very brave and courageous character and everyone had a lot of loyalty. In conclusion, I would recommend this book. I thought it was pretty

I truly think of this book as a story about war, survival, and

Also this book was easy to understand and did not take too long to read. At the end of the novel Gene explains that Finny was different because of his lack of fear. I liked this ending because it is interesting to read about a teenager that has no fear. For the text to text, text to self and text to world connections are all kind of similar in this book.

Rising" was written to impact the lives of people of all ages. Pam Muñoz Ryan wrote the book this exact way for one reason. She wanted it to impact everyone and everyone 's decisions. Hope is one of the strongest themes in this book because with everything Esperanza had going on if she would 've lost hope, she would 've lost herself and Ryan explains this very well to hope to make an even bigger impact on readers. Most people have been in many situations, I know I have, where you only need or want one thing and nothing else can fix it or help you.

The author has a unique way of placing the reader at the scene with his unique description of the setting around him. He also has a special way of describing the characters

They feel that survival is very serious event in the world because you are fighting for your life. However, in the book the characters feel that Brian going back to survive is serious but not as serious as the first

When reading this book, there were a lot of connections with characters from myself. One character that I related to was Clarisse Mcclellan. It seemed it like she always went the flow of life, as the same way I live. She always find a positive outlook on her situation, and loved everything that comes near her.