Entry four

"I Am a Seal Team Six Warrior" was very good book. I originally chose it because the description on the back of the book seemed really interesting. Another reason is Seal Team Six is known as the elite of the elite. I was interested in learning more about them. I connected with the book because I noticed a theme that you have to work hard for what you want. If you give up then you didn't want it enough. From this book I also learned some things too. If you give up you're not only hurting yourself you're hurting your teammates because they need you as much as you need them. In my opinion this book is great for anyone. Personally I really don't enjoy reading. I really did enjoy reading this book. It had action and adventure to keep a good pace. It rarely had slow parts. I think that most people would enjoy this book as long as they take the time to sit down and really read the book. I am happy that I chose this book instead of any other book. Another great thing about this book is that its straight to the point. At the same time it has a good amount of detail too.

Entry three

"The Ranger resupplying us with ammo was hit again, this time in the shoulder, but he kept feeding us ammo in the front. Then a round tore through his arm. He still kept feeding us ammo." This section from the book  is meant to make the reader to want more. This is meant to put the reader in the middle of all the danger of a fire fight. Where people all around you are getting shot but they are still helping their allies  to fight off the enemy. In this section they are in Somalia during the 90's. During this time Somalia is in the middle of a civil war. The US troops are sent in to capture Somalian warlord Abdid and his lieutenants. If they succeed  in their capture the people of Somalia might have a safer and happier life. The section above  showed that the troops did everything in there power to win. The Ranger who got shot more than three times was still helping his teammates by feeding them ammo. This showed how dedicated they were to their cause. These people are risking their own lives for the lives of many others. This just shows who they really are

Entry Two

My main character Howard Wasdin is a very complex man. He is a strong minded person. Hes the type of person that when something bad happens you want him to protect you. He is also a very kind man. When he was stationed in Somalia he discovered a boy who had gangrene. The boy contracted it when he had his leg blown off by a landmine in front of his school. Wasdin, Casanova (his best friend), and a medic treated the boy so he wouldn't have to live the rest of his life in pain and suffer from the smell of gangrene. Casanova is one of his friends that he meet on sniper training. Casanova hasn't really changed he has been the same take orders and not ask questions guy. Wasdin on the other hand has realized that he can't do everything. He thought that nothing ever happened to him . That all changed after he got shot. When he got hit with a ricochet and he a realization that he is still human and he can still die. The themes that are starting to appear in the book is humility and the terrible effects of war. Humility is an occurring theme because through the war people start to realize they aren't super human. Another recurring theme is how awful war is. In the war in Somalia innocent children are being injured by landmines  and are being shot at by the militia. Many children are fighting for the militia and shooting at the UN forces. My book is structured in chronological order. Before each event there is a date and time.

Entry 1

The book I chose is called "I Am A Seal Team Six Warrior". In this book the main character is Howard Wasdin. Wasdin grew up in a house where if you did one thing wrong you were vigorously beat with anything his parents could find. He grew with a abusive stepfather because his father was nowhere to be found after his mother became pregnant. His stepfather was a truck driver. Wasdin family's house had a pecan tree in the very front of it. Wasdin job was to pick up all the Pecans that fell on the drive way. There would be times that his stepfather would come home very late at night and there would be pecans that fell off the tree after wasdin was asleep. His stepfather would wake him up in the middle of the night just to beat him for not picking up all the Pecans. When he turned 18 he went off to become part of the search and rescue crew. after completing his training he decided he wanted to become a navy seal. Wasdin went through harsh navy seal training. More than half of his class that started quit before the end of training . After training Wasdin was shipped off to fight during operation desert storm. In the red sea his seal team (seal team 2) captured a ship that was laying mines to stop any American ships from getting through. After operation desert storm he was sent back to the States. Wasdin believed wanted to join the top secret seal team six. He was competing with the best of the best for a spot on Seal team six. Right now I think his main conflict is with himself and the people he is competing with. I wonder if he is going to barely make it onto seal team six or if he will beat everyone else by a lot. Wasdin  is an amazing soldier but he isn't the best. I think that Wasdin's view on the world will completely change after he joins seal team six. I saw the movie "Seal Team Six" in that movie it showed the situations the seals had to go through. This helped me understand a little bit better what he meant when he described his training and his situations when he was out in the field.

My overall thoughts on he book

deserters tale overall was a great book. I would give it a 4/5. It is very descriptive of what key went through maybe a little too descriptive. I didn't just describe  what happens physically to key but what happend mentally to this man. Key described the horrors he saw. 

He told the reader basically that he had enough. He had enough of watching these innocent people get slaughtered like cattle. It depends on your personal views whether you will like this book or not. Some consider him a coward and some consider him a sane human being. This book is a somewhat controversial topic.

So far....

So far I have learned about Keys chilohood and his journey to the military. I learned that he had a troubled child hood. How he never really knew his biological father. How the closest thing he had to a dad was a long line of drunken step dads. He lacked a father figure his life.

When he was shipped out he saw things that were  awful. There were too awful to describe. He saw innocent people murdered ingron of his own eyes. Thats what leads me too think why he deserted. He just couldnt take it anymore.

My predictions

I think that Key will get in too much trouble. He will be in over his head in all the trouble. Since he got into legal trouble a couple times I think hes gonna get into a lot of terrible.

He will end up joining the military. Whilr he is in the millitary he will see terrible things. Awful things that will haunt him for the rest of his life. He might not be able to take it.