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The Moon Is Down Analysis
When people sign up to go into arm forces they are going in knowing they won’t be alone that you will have a team of guys and girls who will go out and carry on the mission! This also has to do with pride and “finding yourself!” But a big part of this is the mindset of well I’m not the only one pursuing this and actually people really admire you for joining the military so why should I take it as a bad thing helping our country out! Also in our article we found that due to military being a big thing that defines your country strength it’s hard to take back what has already gone on! For so many years we’ve been fighting wars for land for freedom for anything we think is reasonable that we’ve digged us such a deep hole that trying to get out …show more content…
And plus America has been involved in wars before it even became its own country! This also ties into someone else's article and presentation about imprinting and how due to wars being a big part of our history it has left its mark on the younger generations to come to view war as the only answer to our problems and that because my grandpa was in the war that means I need to carry on the tradition and join to that war is the only way we can be free. In the book “the Moon is Down” By, John Steinbeck. It starts in a town that has been invaded with little to no casualties! Six of the towns troops were killed in the process and now the corell is talking to the mayor about why they are there and how they only want coal and don’t want trouble but the town doesn’tt take this new lightly especially after finding out 6 of their men were killed! Later on in the book the corell is talking to lanser about taking over the mayor's job as leader when lanser sees the bandages on his head and says “Have they tried to kill you already?” The Corell thinking he has everything under control says no but lanser responds with “These aren’t fierce people. They haven’t had a war for a hundred

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