The Fighting Ground

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   bmadnick Teacher
   High School - 11th Grade

   Jonathan's major conflict is deciding whom to trust, the American soldiers he is with or the Hessian soldiers he meets. Prior to meeting the Hessians, Jonathan has heard terrible stories about them, but once he meets them, he realizes they are good men that he can trust. Jonathan tries to save the Hessians in the end, but he's unable to do so. As Jonathan tries to come to terms with the terrible things he has seen that day, he realizes that men who fight wars are all humans and not necessarily evil. War forces humans to kill other humans, and this is the tragedy of war.

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   Posted by bmadnick on Saturday April 19, 2008 at 6:51 PM
   
   

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   mystery-gal Student
   High School - 9th Grade

   There isn't really a "main problem" in the book. Yes Jonathan doesn't know who to trust but I would say it is mostly about him in The Revolutionary War and him trying to escape back to his home. I mean he is only 13, my brothers that age and I can't image him in any war, could you image a 13 year old boy in a intense war like that?

    

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   Posted by mystery-gal on Monday May 12, 2008 at 3:51 PM