Response To Pleasanton Summary

1. There had been many books about war before this. While many of them did present realistic aspects of war, they were not quite like this. At many points in this story, the expectations of the young soldier Henry are shut down. None of the romantic thoughts and ideas he has about war come true.
2. “He ran like a blind man. Two or three times he fell down. Once he knocked his shoulder so heavily against a tree that he went headlong. Since he had turned his back upon the fight his fears had been wondrously magnified. Death about to thrust him between the shoulder blades was far more dreadful than death about to smite him between the eyes. When he thought of it later, he conceived the impression that it is better to view the appalling than to be merely
In his account, the reader is able to feel what the character is feeling. In Pleasanton's writing, it simply gives the account of what really happened. I could feel the fear that he was feeling and the feeling of death being near. While you do get a much better full picture of in Pleasanton writing, but Craine’s feels much more personal.
3. There are a few things that can be learned by Boyer’s account of the thick of the fight. The first one being that there was heavy and constant gunfire. The other being that he found his brother and friend in the thick of it which made him feel better.
4. “As he, leading, went across a little field, he found himself in a region of shells. They hurtled over his head with long wild screams. As he listened he imagined them to have rows of cruel teeth that grinned at him. Once one lit before him and the livid lightning of the explosion effectually barred the way in his chosen direction.
There are multiple things that can be learned. The first being that there was a heavy amount of artillery in this battle. The other being that Henry felt a deep sense of fear everytime these cannons