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Sunday, February 17, 2013
Group 2 Discussion Question-The Second Person Eddie Meets in Heaven
1. How is the Eddie's feeling when the sky was changing again?
2. Where did Eddie practice the shooting?
3. What Mickey told about the war to Eddie?
4. Who is the second person Eddie meet in heaven?
5. Why the captain shoot Eddie's leg?
Eddie becomes a adult as a soldier. Before he decided to join the army, he never fired an actual rifle. He always practiced at the shooting arcade. The second person he meets is his Captain. Eddie learned a lot of things during the war. Eddie does not know why the Captain is the second person he meets. They became to recall their story. Eddie, the Captain and other comrades were captured in a steep hill. The life in the prisoner-of-war camp was so horrible--they can not eat enough good food and they slept at grass. There are only four keepers, and soldiers named them as Crazy One, Crazy Two, Crazy Three, and Crazy Four. All capturers need to dig coal. Because Crazy Two killed Rabozzo at fourth month, Eddie and the Captain began to talk about how to escape. After three weeks, Eddie and other soldier decided escape at tonight. Eddie attracted Crazy Three's attention by juggling. When other keepers also paid attention to his show, the Captain and other soldiers conquer the four keepers. Soldiers decided burn the camp, and they taken oil covered the hill and burned down it. When they will get out, Eddie looked a little boy in the burning camp, and he wanted to save the boy. In order to stop him, someone shoot Eddie's leg. Eddie became a cripple. The Captain told Eddie that he shoot Eddie's leg. Eddie, at first, feel angry because he think the Captain destroy his life. But the Captain said just because he did Eddie was saved. Moreover, he tells Eddie his death reason--he stepped on a land mine in the way of escape.
"Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to." Eddie went to war and he met many difficulties, but he learned many things. I remembered the time I first lived by myself. After graduated from university, I got an job offer from a city which I just have been there few times. I did not familiar with the city and the city is far from my hometown. At the beginning of those days, I felt lonely and boring, and I missed home very much. I wanted to give up the job and go back to my home, gave up everything there. One day, I talked with my friend and she said that she was sad because a company rejected her application. She told me that she applied a company which is same as mine is very good and many of her classmates wanted to work in it. I started thinking why I wanted to give up this job opportunity which many people want to have but cannot get. I woke up that I grown up and I needed to live and learn by myself; I told myself that I had to be positive and valued my job. From that day, I tried to accommodate everything in a new environment, and I indeed learned many things from that good company. Day and day, I found many interesting places in the city and I knew many friends there. I was glad I did not give up and I did great job in the company later.
Beginning: The action begins in the Philippines where Eddie had fight before. Eddie meets the second person-Captain.
key Events : 1. The first key event happened in the Ruby Pier. The war gets worse, Eddie enlists in to the army. He think that he has responsibility for his country. He should fighting like others. 2. The second key event is that Eddie meets Captain who is his commanding officer. They fought together in the Philippines. 3. The third key happened in Philippine. Eddie and his battle companions, Willingham, Morton, Smitty ,and Captain were captured by the enemy soldiers.
4.The fourth key event happened in a coal mine in Philippine. Rabozzo got serious disease. Crazy Two killed him, this made Eddie realized that they should take measure to save themselves.
The End: The events end in the coal mine in Philippine. Eddie and his battle companions killed the enemy soldiers run away from the coal mine.
Answer: 1. He felt his feet touch ground. He felt he is stronger than before, but when he tried to touch his toes, he found that the muscle instead of the limberness as the childish. 2. He practiced shooting at the shooting arcade, which was you can fired metal slugs at pictures of jungle animals after you paid the money, at Ruby Pier. 3. He told Eddie that the war is not a game. You must shot whatever who is without guilt and hesitation. You will be killed if you think too much. 4. The second person Eddie meet in haven is his captain, was Eddies's commanding officer. 5. Because he wanted to save his life. He thought Eddie shouldn't die in that fire, but no one could stop him running into the fire in order to save a little boy. The captain had to shoot Eddie's leg to stop him.
summary--the second person Eddie meets in heaven
ReplyDeleteEddie becomes a adult as a soldier. Before he decided to join the army, he never fired an actual rifle. He always practiced at the shooting arcade. The second person he meets is his Captain. Eddie learned a lot of things during the war. Eddie does not know why the Captain is the second person he meets. They became to recall their story. Eddie, the Captain and other comrades were captured in a steep hill. The life in the prisoner-of-war camp was so horrible--they can not eat enough good food and they slept at grass. There are only four keepers, and soldiers named them as Crazy One, Crazy Two, Crazy Three, and Crazy Four. All capturers need to dig coal. Because Crazy Two killed Rabozzo at fourth month, Eddie and the Captain began to talk about how to escape. After three weeks, Eddie and other soldier decided escape at tonight. Eddie attracted Crazy Three's attention by juggling. When other keepers also paid attention to his show, the Captain and other soldiers conquer the four keepers. Soldiers decided burn the camp, and they taken oil covered the hill and burned down it. When they will get out, Eddie looked a little boy in the burning camp, and he wanted to save the boy. In order to stop him, someone shoot Eddie's leg. Eddie became a cripple. The Captain told Eddie that he shoot Eddie's leg. Eddie, at first, feel angry because he think the Captain destroy his life. But the Captain said just because he did Eddie was saved. Moreover, he tells Eddie his death reason--he stepped on a land mine in the way of escape.
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ReplyDelete"Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to." Eddie went to war and he met many difficulties, but he learned many things. I remembered the time I first lived by myself. After graduated from university, I got an job offer from a city which I just have been there few times. I did not familiar with the city and the city is far from my hometown. At the beginning of those days, I felt lonely and boring, and I missed home very much. I wanted to give up the job and go back to my home, gave up everything there.
One day, I talked with my friend and she said that she was sad because a company rejected her application. She told me that she applied a company which is same as mine is very good and many of her classmates wanted to work in it. I started thinking why I wanted to give up this job opportunity which many people want to have but cannot get. I woke up that I grown up and I needed to live and learn by myself; I told myself that I had to be positive and valued my job. From that day, I tried to accommodate everything in a new environment, and I indeed learned many things from that good company. Day and day, I found many interesting places in the city and I knew many friends there. I was glad I did not give up and I did great job in the company later.
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ReplyDeleteBeginning:
The action begins in the Philippines where Eddie had fight before. Eddie meets the second person-Captain.
key Events :
1. The first key event happened in the Ruby Pier. The war gets worse, Eddie enlists in to the army. He think that he has responsibility for his country. He should fighting like others.
2. The second key event is that Eddie meets Captain who is his commanding officer. They fought together in the Philippines.
3. The third key happened in Philippine. Eddie and his battle companions, Willingham, Morton, Smitty ,and Captain were captured by the enemy soldiers.
4.The fourth key event happened in a coal mine in Philippine. Rabozzo got serious disease. Crazy Two killed him, this made Eddie realized that they should take measure to save themselves.
The End:
The events end in the coal mine in Philippine. Eddie and his battle companions killed the enemy soldiers run away from the coal mine.
Answer:
ReplyDelete1. He felt his feet touch ground. He felt he is stronger than before, but when he tried to touch his toes, he found that the muscle instead of the limberness as the childish.
2. He practiced shooting at the shooting arcade, which was you can fired metal slugs at pictures of jungle animals after you paid the money, at Ruby Pier.
3. He told Eddie that the war is not a game. You must shot whatever who is without guilt and hesitation. You will be killed if you think too much.
4. The second person Eddie meet in haven is his captain, was Eddies's commanding officer.
5. Because he wanted to save his life. He thought Eddie shouldn't die in that fire, but no one could stop him running into the fire in order to save a little boy. The captain had to shoot Eddie's leg to stop him.