The Patriot and the Fighting Ground
In the
Fighting Ground, a boy named Jonathan decides to run away and serve in the
Revolutionary War. Jonathan was bullied since he could remember, and decided he
was no good, so he had nothing better to do the join the war. Jonathan wanted
to become a hero, and he thought he
could do that. Some events in the book could relate to the movie The Patriot.
In the movie
The Patriot, it takes you through the story of the Militia and how they went
about war. They made a huge impact on the war, and helped the Americans gain
their freedom. A hard part about that is leaving your family. In both cases, in
Jonathan’s and in Benjamin and his friends’ case, they both left their family
to serve in the Revolutionary War. Family might be the toughest thing about
war. You never get to see them, and the time you leave may be the last time you
have eye contact with them. With
Jonathan, it was a little different. He was only thirteen, and his parents
didn’t want him to go. It would be almost throwing his life away, only being thirteen,
the only fighting he had ever done was with his parents. Benjamin, Martin was
leaving behind all of his kids, and they didn’t want him to go. They begged him
to stay, but he needed to help his country, and fight for their freedom in
their future.
Family and
running away are huge, but fear is another similarity. If I was going into
warfare, I would be scared to death. Leaving my family, and at such a young
age, Jonathan is a brave kid. A lot of fear must go through a persons mind in
the war. They have to look around and keep their head on a swivel because you
never know who could be around you. That is scary to think about. The way
people go about things in the war is amazing to me, knowing what could be on
their mind.
The people
in the war give up so much so we can have freedom. They gave up their lives at
home and left their family behind. The war calls for a lot of fear and heart
break, but they all come out heroes, no matter what happens.
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