The conflict in the story  The Drummer Boy Of Shiloh by Ray Bradbury resolved itself when the general of the army spoke to Joby. Joby was the drummer boy. He was feeling weak and defenseless because he had 2 sticks and a drum instead of a weapon to protect himself with. He was feeling down because he did not think he was an important part of the army. The general told Joby that he was the heart of the army and controlled how the army felt. He explained to Joby that If he beat his drum with a slow rhythm the soldiers would get lazy, tired, and sluggish. However if he played a fast, steady rhythm the soldier’s blood would travel through their body. They would hold their head up high and proud and march step after step. Joby then realized he was important.
       The themes I thought presented themselves were that no matter what you do you are not worthless. The other theme I thought presented itself was that even a small role can make a big difference.
       I thought this connects to the world because some people think that they are worthless because they cant find anything that they are good at. However if they kept on looking they would have eventually found something they are good at and finally realize that they are not worthless.

I am currently reading the book I AM A SEAL TEAM SIX WARRIOR by Howard E. Wasdin and Stephen Templin. One of the conflicts of the book was that the main character would be abused as a child. His father would beat him every time he did something wrong or did not work hard enough at his job. He would be beat if there were seeds on the driveway because of the trees they had. The problem resolves itself by the main character becoming a marine to escape his life. His whole childhood had prepared him for that. He could endure huge amounts of pain. Also he became a sniper and to do that you need to pay close attention to detail to do that. Picking up the seeds from the driveway helped him with that. The theme that revealed itself was that you should not give up no matter what even if you think you cant take it anymore. Another theme i thought was presented was that you should do anything even if it is pointless because in the future it might help you out.

Reading Response

Over the summer I read the book Before We Were Free by Julia Alvarez. it was a good book. it showed the problems that that the girl had and it wasn't just a statement the narrator went into detail on things. i enjoyed the book because the plot was interesting it made you think about the things that could happen. one example is when the main character , Anita, saw the light turned on in her uncles shack even though  he had  mysteriously disappeared. one thing i thought was clever was when the author made Anita start out as a loyal person to the Dominican republic and then made her start questioning the leadership of her country. overall it was a good book and i think that people should read it.