... By the end of the book he has seen all there is to see of war. He was wounded twice, seen his own friends killed with his own eyes, and was almost killed his self. He was not the same 17 yr. old boy from Harlem. He was mature and experienced. In his last few ... killed. His last attitudinal change is a sigh of relief. The book ends with him and Peewee on a plane back to the World tired and ready to finally go home. 3. React to what you have read. Honestly, this is probably the best book I've read my entire high school career. I can relate to the ... . This is a book that is hard to put d...

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... watching a news report on CNN, I heard a "sound bite" that helped me to understand how 17th century absolutism continues to influence our society today. The news report was about our current war in the Middle East. The "good news," according to the report, was that there is plenty of fresh recruits eager to go ... including loss of life. One such example occurred during the Vietnam era. Four college students at Kent State were shot and killed when college students exercised their right to free speech and spoke out against our participation in the Vietnam "conflict." Another example occur...

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• Grade Level: High School