The Lord Of The Flies Chapter Summary

This book starts with Desmond Doss inside the barracks talking about all the older and tougher men. He said that if the older men were talking about how tough the day had been then the day for Doss had been really bad and rough. Men had been drafted into the Army at this point but Doss had joined willingly as a conscientious objector, a non combatant. President Roosevelt and the chief of staff of the Army had written Doss saying that he would not have to bear arms. Desmond Doss was to be a medic in the army. Desmond was not liked by the rest of the men in his company. The men in his barracks during basic made fun of him for his religious beliefs. Desmond is a 7th day adventist which will cause him some trouble later on. Desmond was supposed
After Doss was out of basic training he was sent with the rest of his battalion to fight the war in the pacific. Doss was apart of the island hopping process. They went from island to island clearing out the Japanese and Doss would fix the wounded to the best of his ability and send them to the field hospital for further treatment. Then there was this one island that no one could get pass the Escarpment on the top of a ridge, so they sent in Doss’ Battalion to take the Escarpment on the island of Okinawa. There were lots of casualties on top of the hill and Doss was always there doss was no coward. Almost all the time when Desmond was helping someone he was under small arms fire and mortar fire and he worked through all that just to help those people and try and save their lives. During the main attack on Hacksaw Ridge it is said that he saved over 100 people’s lives. While everyone was climbing back down the ridge Desmond was up on the ridge helping all of those who were wounded and he was wounded by a grenade while protecting others and when he was being taken back to have hi injuries treated he had seen someone who was more injured than he was so he told the people carrying them to stop and take him because he was more injured than