If you personally are looking for a fiction the story Purple Heart by Patricia McCormick is the one for you. It's a read that people will easily understand. I am a okay reader that personally despite reading and book but something about this book just hit me. It's about an eighteen year old guy named Matt Duffy that was in the Iraq war and wakes up laying in a bed at a Iraq hospital. He receives a Purple Heart less than twenty-four hours after for his head injury. He barely remembers anything except for this little Iraqi boy, Ali. But he remembers that he was killed by the same thing that put Matt in the hospital. But his other troops in his squad said you can't trust anyone from Iraq. Matt is a young man that has to deal with so many things he is traumatized with fear and homesickness that have to protect not only the Iraqi citizens but also his squad and himself. This book helped me and could help you understand a realistic look of war. They aren't little boys playing army anymore. They are in real situations having to make difficult decisions on pulling the trigger or not. "your mind has a way of burying it." (p110) And "When something is too painful to process.”(p110) These are excellent quotes from the story that is an example of feelings after making some difficult decisions. This book makes you gain respect for any troops that are serving and served and is a book recommended to all.
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sounds like a good read swagner. (this is yeske by the way)
ReplyDeleteWOW!!!!! This book review has greatly inspired me to check this baby out. I'll have to give it a read, buddy.
ReplyDeleteman great ill give it a gander eventually all these good books and not enough time to read all of em'
ReplyDeleteJust read it. You did a good job on the review buddy! ;)
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