Fences By August Wilson

Information Technology High School
Steffy Zambrano
December 31,2007
English E5 Honors
Fences

Fences By August Wilson

Characters & Characterization: Protagonist
Protagonist: Rose Maxson
Rose Maxson is the protagonist of the book. She is a very caring and loyal women. She is 43 years-old, ten years younger then Troy. She was the one who told Troy and Cory to build a fence. She believe that the fence would keep the ones she loved close to her. Rose was a tender women she took in Raynell, Troys love child. She always supported her son Cory Maxson into pursuing his dream in becoming a baseball player. Rose and Troy were married for 18 years. She has strength throughout the whole book, when Cory didn't want to forgive his father for not letting him purse his dream “Whatever was between you and your daddy… the time has come to put it aside..." In other words she meant that in order to"Forget you have to be able to Forgive"

Antagonist: Troy Maxson
Troy Maxson, is the antagonist in the play. He is 53 years old and is married to Rose Maxson. Troy is the antagonist because he cheated on his wife Rose. He is a very opinionated man, who speaks his mind and theres times in the book where he hurts the ones he loves. He played baseball in the Negro Leagues but his dream was to play in the Major Leagues. Troy loved baseball but in the Major League he was never accepted because of his color. He made his Son Cory Maxson quit playing football. Lyon and Raynell are also his kids and Gabriel Maxson is his brother. Jim Bono also known as Bono in the play was his best friend the one that listen to Troys stories ever Friday night.

Setting:
Importance of Setting: The importance of the setting is that most of the events occurred in the Maxson families house. For example ever Friday night Jim and Troy would drink ,watch the game and troy would tell his stories.
Setting Time: 1957 -1965
Setting Place: Maxson Family House, In Pittsburgh Pennsylvania

Vocabulary:
vigilance Page 77 - state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
rubbish Page 17 - worthless, unwanted material that is rejected or thrown out; debris; litter; trash.
tarred Page 32 - the weight of the wrapping, receptacle, or conveyance containing goods.
hauling Page 35 - To pull or drag forcibly; tug.
uppity Page 43 - affecting an attitude of inflated self-esteem; haughty; snobbish.

Plot:
Fences is a play in which Rose wants to built a fence around her home symbolizing that she would keep the ones she loves close to her. Throughout the play Rose, Troy, and Cory go through conflicts that give a turning point to the play. Cory tells Troy that he is being recruited for football, Troy tells Cory that he can't play football and he wants him to stop playing football and to go back to working at A&C because he thinks that what happened to him in the past is gonna happen to cory. Later on Troy confesses to Rose that he had been having an affair with Albert and he will be a father.According to him he has been living his entire life in "1st base" and for the first time in his life he had moved to "2ND base." When Alberta was giving birth she passed away and Rose takes Raynell as her daughter because she knows that a child without a mother is hard.

Rising Action: Troy is having an affair with Alberta, still being married to Rose. Troy discovers that Cory has not quit playing football and said

Climax: Troy Confess to Rose that he had been having an affair with Alberta and that shes having a baby. Rose is angry that after being married for 18 years he betrays there love. Troy finds out that Cory lied to him and that he isn't working at A&C. He tells him to get his job back at A&C.

2"Quotes": With Explanation
"See this woman, Bono? I love this woman. I love this woman so much it hurts. I love her so much...I done run out of ways of loving her."

This quote is when Troy is telling Jim Bono how much he loves Rose and how much he cares about her. He is describing his love for Rose. He quotes that his love for her is so strong at times it hurts him.


“Okay, Troy… you’re right. I’ll take care of your baby for you… cause like you say… she’s innocent… and you can’t visit the sins of the father upon the child. A motherless child has got a hard time. From right now… this child got a Mother But you are a womanless man.”

Rose is speaking in the above quote. She is saying that Raynell is innocent and that she is going to take care of her because its not her fault that Troy Maxson cheated on her and the sins he commits are not her fault. Rose is also saying that as if now Raynell as a mother because she knows that a child with no mother is hard.

Themes:

Forgiveness: Throughout the book Cory and his Father had a lot of conflicts because Troy never approved of any of Cory’s dream because he got rejected when he wanted to play in the Major Leagues and he thought that he would go through the same. Troy never signed the papers for him to get recruited and made him try and get his job back at A&C. Cory held a grudge against his father because he was never able to become a football player and he’s in the US Marines. Towards the end of the novel Cory comes to his dads funeral but doesn’t plan on staying Rose tells him that what happened between him and his father is to be stayed in the past and he has to put it all behind him because disrespecting his father is not going to make him a better person.

Strength : Rose had so much Strength throughout the play. She finds out that her husband was having an affair after being married to him for 18years and that his going to be a dad and that she has to take in Raynell because her mother passes away. She doesn’t say No im not going to take her in as my daughter. She accepts her and says that her fathers sins are not something she needs to be blames for.


Literary Elements:
"Some people build fences to keep people out… and other people build fences to keep people in. Rose wants to hold on to you all. She loves you. "
Dramatic Irony- Dramatic irony is when the words and actions of the characters of a work of literature have a different meaning for the reader than they do for the characters.

"Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner."
Metaphor- a figure of speech in which an expression is used to refer to something that it does not literally denote in order to suggest a similarity.

"You got to take the crookeds with the straights."
Imagery-the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.

Annotate Biography:
Wilson, August. Fences. Penguin USA. August Wilson in the play Fences, is telling a story about a woman who wants to built a Fence so that she keeps the people she loves close to her. Rose is a hard working, caring and loved woman in the play she takes in Troy's illegitimate daughter Raynell because she said that her fathers sins are not her fault. The story takes place in the year 1957 -1965 were Black men are not accepted to play in the Major Leagues and he destroys Corys dream in becoming a football player.

Critical Lens; Part B

Your Task: Write a Critical essay in which you discuss two works of literature you have read from the particular perspective of the statement that is provided for you in the Critical Lens. In your Essay, Provide a valid interpretation of the statement, agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it, and support your opinion using specific references to appropriate literary elements from the two works. You may use scrap paper to Plan your response. Write your essay in Part B, beginning on page 7 of the essay booklet.

Critical Lens:
"The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where h stands at times of challenge and controversy. "

--Martin Luther King, Jr.

Strength to Love, 1963
Guidelines:
Be Sure to

• Provide a valid interpretation of the critical lens that clearly establishes the criteria for analysis
• Indicate whether you agree or disagree with the statement as you have interpreted it
• Choose two Works you have that you believe best support your opinion
• Use the criteria suggested by the critical lens to analyze the works you have choosen
• Avoid plot summary. Instead, use specific references to appropriate literary elements (for example: theme,characterization, setting,point of view) to develop you analysis
• Organize your ideas in a infied and coherent manner
• Specify the titles and authors of the literature you choose
• Follow the conventions of standard written

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ELA Regents Part 2

What kind of texts do you expect to read?
I expect to read non-fiction literature.

What is a graph, and what kind of information does it elicit?
The graph has stuff about Watercraft Collisions, Flood Gate/Canal Lock, Other Humans, Perinatal, Other Natural, and Undetermined disturbing the Manatee.

How can you compare the two?
I think that I can compare the two works by reading them and comparing the graph with the text.

What are they asking you to do in this essay?
The Task for this essay is this following:
Using relevant information from both documents, write a chapter for a guide
for your environmental science class in which you explain why the Florida manatee is
endangered and discuss effective methods used to save the Florida manatee.

Is this a persuasive or informative essay? Why?
This is an informative essay because it is telling you about how boats are killing manatees, how cold weather is also killing manatees.

What thesis statement can you possibly write for this essay?
The thesis I could possible write about the essay is why the Florida manatees are endangered and the methods that are being used to save the Florida Manatees.

What if they wanted you to write a Letter to a senator, then how many paragraphs would you write?
If they wanted me to write a letter to a senator I would write 5-7 paragraphs.

Fences

Do some research on the time period of this play and autobiography on August Wilson (in your own words) make this brief
August Wilson's Bio: complete name, DOB, DOD, education, conflicts from childhood to adult, achievements, personal life, works.
Time Period of the play Fences: what was going on at that time.
Create a list of all the characters and what role they play, how are they related, protagonist, antagonist, conflicts so far

Autobiography August Wilson:


Birth Name: Frederick August Kittel

Date Of Birth: April 27,1945

Date of Death: October 2,2005

Education: He Attended Central Catholic High School. Then leaves the school because he was the only colored man,they threaten and abuse him so he leaves the school. Later on he goes to Gladstone High School were he drops out because his teacher accuses him of copying a paper that he wrote of Napoleon. Wilson doesn't go back to high school and he gets his education from the Libraries and the streets.


Conflicts From Childhood To Adult: Throughout his teenage years he was threaten and not treated like he was suppose to because of his color. He doesn't get to finish High School because he was discriminated. His Biological father dies and that's when he changes his name to August Wilson. He grew up in Hill district of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Because of all the racist comments and mean things people would tell him, he wrote his plays so dramatic Black Bart and Sacred Hills are perfect examples of his writing

Achievements/Awards: Some of the achievements he received were getting honored at the 100th anniversary of Hill District Branch Library.

Personal Life: August Wilson was Married three times First With Brenda Burton in the year 1969-1962 when his marriage ends. He had a daughter in the year 1970 Sakina Ansari Wilson. Then in the year 1981 he marries Judy Oliver a Social Worker his marriage ends around the year 1990 and he moves to Seattle. He married Judy Oliver in 1994. August Wilson Passed away in the year 2005 at age 60,because he was diagnosed with cancer.

Fences:

Characters↓
Troy Maxson- Troy is the main Character of the book fences. He is married to Rose and had a daughter names Raynell with Alberta. He is 53 years old and theirs times in the novel where he is very stubborn and hardheaded. Troy Maxson was a very hard working man, he loved baseball and based his life on the baseball field.There is a current part in the book where he tells his wife rose I've been living my life on first base and for the first time i moved to second base. Bono is his best friend in the novel he listens to everything troy says. He has very harsh comments, that affected the people that loved him and that he loved.
Cory Maxson- Cory is Troy's & Rose's Son' attending high school in the beginning of the book. Troy was always hard on him about his playing Football
Rose Maxson- Rose Is Troy Maxson's Wife. She's been married to him for 18 years. Cory is the son she has with Troy. Rose is the one that wants to built a fence around her home to keep the ones she loves close to her.
Gabriel Maxson- Gabe is Troy's brother who is disabled because he fought in world war II and was shot in the head and now has to wear a metal plate inside his head.
Jim Bono- Jim and Troy are best friends in the play. They meet in jail and every friday night that would just drink and talk. Jim is a very loyal person who is always listening to everything Troy has to say, like for example when Troy played in the major leagues.
Lyons Maxson- Lyons is Troys other Son who loves music he wants to pursue his dream even though his father doesn't approve. Lyon is always coming to Troy's house on Payday to "borrow" money from him. He does not live with Troy,Rose, Or Cory. He lives with his girlfriend Bonnie who is basically supporting him financially.
Raynell Maxson- Raynell is a very innocent little girl whom troy had with Alberta. She is innocent of her fathers sins thats why Rose takes in Raynell as her daughter.
Alberta- is Troy's Lover, who passes away while giving birth to Raynell.


Sources(Links)→: August Wilson Timeline;August Wilson 1945-2005

Part IV Of The ELA Regents Critical Lens

Objective: Students will comprehend and analyze "Quote/ Critical Lens," and apply it to two works of Literature.

All of the Below Should be in your first Paragraph:

1. Quote
2. Author
3. Interpret Quote
4. 2 works of Literature/ Authors
   

Quote: “To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to
lose everything else.” by Bernadette Devlin

“To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else” by Bernadette Devlin. This quote is stating that if you want to have something in life you might have to lose other things.In Novels like Chicken Soup For the Soul By Various Authors and Incidents in The Life of a Slave Girl by Harriet Jacobs this quote is interpreted. Incidents in the Life of Slave Girl proofs this quote because Linda loses things as she trys to giant things.

Quote:“I like flawed characters because somewhere in them I see more of the truth.”
— Nicolas Cage

To Kill A Mockingbird By Harper Lee

Information Technology High School
Steffy Zambrano
English E5 Honors
To Kill a Mockingbird

To Kill a Mockingbird By Harper Lee
Characters & Protagonist: Protagonist
Protagonist: Jean Louise Finch (Scout), is the protagonist of the book and she's the main character. Jean Louise was very intellectual and a dedicated reader for a girl her age. Scout was not like many other girls in town she was a tomboy, Calpurnia the black cook and house keeper was the one who taught Scout. Jeremy Finch (Jem) was older brother. He looked up to his father as his role model. Jem always followed Scout around wherever she went but as time goes by in the book he beings his adolescence changes. He wanted his sister to look up to him and he wanted to be a good example to her. Atticus Finch was the father of Jean Louise and Jem he was the one that taught them good morals.

Setting:
Setting Time: Great Depression in the 1931
Setting Place: Alabama South of Maycomb


Vocabulary:
Brethren- Fellow members
Imprudent- not prudent; lacking discretion; incautious; rash
Varmints-informal
Tousled- to disorder
Fluctuation- continual change from one point or condition to another.

Plot:
To Kill a Mockingbird is a story in which to young kids Scout and Jem learn that not everyone is willing to help you, and that not everything in life is fair. Throughout the story Scout, Jem, and Dill meet Arthur "Boo" Radley who they think is an evil "Monster." But in reality he himself is innocent. They always heard rumors that he stabbed his father with a pair of scissors. So Jem, Scout, and Dill started to make plans of how to get him out of the house. But throughout the story Arthur was not the only one that judged. During the trail Tom Robinson presents evidence that he is innocent but is still convicted guilty.

Conflict: Man vs. Self
Major Conflict: When Atticus had to choose between defending a colored innocent man in a trial and have the town against him or if he chose not to defend Tom Robinson and have it on his conscience.
Rising Action: Atticus discovers evidence to prove that Tom Robinson is innocent and that Bob Ewell was the one who abused his daughter after finding out that she wanted to get with Tom Robinson.
Climax: Tom Robinson is convicted guilty even after having evidence of being innocent. Bob Ewell attacks Atticus's Children in order to get revenge on Atticus for having defended Tom Robinson.

2"Quotes" Explanation
"Jem Gave reasonable description of Boo: Boo was about 6 1/2 feet tall, judging from his tracks; dined on raw squirrels and any cats he could catch, thats why his hand were bloodstained- if you never wash the blood off there was a long jagged scar that ran across his face; what teeth he had were yellow and rotten; his eyes popped, and he drolled most of the time."
"He could add and subtract faster than lighting, However he preferred his own twilight world, a world where babies slept, waiting to be gathered like morning lilies"

In the Above quote Jem makes a description of how he imagines Boo, how he thinks Arthur looks like. They imagine him as a big person, and him eating animals. They described him as a "Monster" because of all the things they heard about him. In the second quote Scout is describing how Dill could be a very intelligent person but doesn't show it because he's in his own little world. Scout could be a young little girl but she observes things as if she was a grown-up.


Themes:
Prejudice: Atticus Finch as a lawyer always believe that you should always treat someone with respect and they shouldn't be judged beforehand Atticus always tried to teach his children respect, and racism. For example Jean and Jem would always encourage Dill to put down Arthur "Boo" Radley, when Atticus Found out their rudely behavior he corrected them and said that they wouldn't like to be taunted. Another example is when Tom Robinson was judged and the accusation made about him raping a white lady and he was seen guilty by all-white juries because he was black.

Scruples: Atticus Finch not only taught he's kids about respect but he always saw people being good and never doing anything bad to hurt anyone but everything changed with the Tom Robinson Trail. They were taught that everyone deserved to be respected and that everyone deserved an opportunity in life. Calpurnia taught Scout by making her copy scripts of the bible, things she copied were always good morals. The Finch family weren't always closed minded like everyone in town, they wouldn't judge a book by its cover.

Literary Elements:
Setting page 5
Setting- the time place, date, and place where a story is taking place.
Example: "Maycomb was an old town"

Harriet Jacobs-Test [Short Answers]

Explain in Short Answer:
In chapter V, Linda points out that although for whote women beautty is a virtue, for black women, it is a curse.

Beauty is a curse for black women because then your owner would want to take advantage of you by threst and violence. Just like Mr. Flint tried on Linda Brent. On the other hand this would not happen to white women.
Score:25


In chapter 6 "The Jealous Mistress," Linda reflects on the intricate relationships between black and white women and between white men and white women. In essence, she points out that both black and white women are at the mercy of the white patriarchal system that enables white men to exercise complete control over their wives. HOW IS THIS EVIDENT IN THIS CHAPTER?


It is evident in the chapter because when Mr. Flint's wife Mrs. Flint tried to protect Linda Brent from sexual abuse from her husband he controlled her. Mr Flint didn't allow Mrs. Flint to protect Linda. And if white women were controlled by white men then so would black women
Score:20
"Slavery is terrible for men; but it is far more terrible for women. Superadded to the burden common to all, they have wrongs, and sufferings, and mortifications peculiarly their own."

This quote means that just like men suffered in slavery, women suffered so much more. For example, Linda suffered a lot emotionally because Mr. Flint would always tell her that if she wouldn't do something he wouldn't set her free. The quote also means that every indivdual had their own suffering.
Score:20

Session Part Two- Part A; Power Of Reading [Revised]

Your Task: After you have read the passage and answered the multiple-choice questions, write a unified essay about the power of reading as revealed in the passages. In your essay, use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about the power of reading. Using evidence from each passage, develop your controlling idea and show how the author uses specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea.

Revised

Reading Novels, Poems, Short Stories, etc. makes you see things in different point of views sometimes what you think might be changing by what you read. In the poem "The Reader" by Richard Wilbur it is in third person point of view and The excerpt from "A General In Library" proves how much power reading has on an individual.
"For heaven's sake! The Things you learn! who would ever have!"Signor Crispino quoted from the excerpt. His opinion of reading changed so much, he went on a mission "blaming" books for the "catastrophes" that was being said about military.Yet came out thinking totally different. "They were constantly discovering new interests to satisfy and were enjoying their reading and studies." Not only does Italo uses Irony but Italo Calvino uses imagery by describing the characters, and the setting where this event took place Signo Crispino, and the four lieutenants learned so many things, saw things in different points thinking you're going to get your mission done right and you come out with ideas that would shock you just like it would shock other people because after all that reading you've done you know that you will come back in the future. As I kept reading it demonstrated the power reading had because they say that in life no one can change what you think or your opinions, but novels, short stories poems, etc. change that because you learn new things as you read.
On the other hand, in " The Reader" by Richard Wilbur the narrator knows and feels the power of reading. Richard Wilbur conveys imagery by quoting "And a page turns now with a scuffing around." The Power of reading could be really strong. It could be really strong because it makes you want to keep reading the book more, or again. Richard Wilbur quotes "She is going back, theses days, to great stories. That charmed her mind." That's an example of the power of reading. The character in the second poem explains how now she sees things that she never noticed before, realizing that reading has a big power. " To enter life on life and see them through." Another thing is this passage is in third person point of view because characters are being described.
In addition, both readings prove to have a big power in ones life. Even though the passages are told differently and are seen in different point of views it shows you that reading will and could change your life. Richard

Session Part Two- Part A; Power Of Reading

Your Task: After you have read the passage and answered the multiple-choice questions, write a unified essay about the power of reading as revealed in the passages. In your essay, use ideas from both passages to establish a controlling idea about the power of reading. Using evidence from each passage, develop your controlling idea and show how the author uses specific literary elements or techniques to convey that idea.

Italic Words- Comments/ Correction Ms. Hyde Gave me
Grade-3/6


Good Lead sentence up to intro Reading Novels, Poems, Short Stories, etc. makes you see things in different point of views sometimes what you think might be changing by what you read. In the poem "The Reader" by Richard Wilbur it is in third person point of view. and The excerpted from "A General In Library" proves how much power reading on an individual has as well as "The Reader" [Cross out]

" For heaven's sake! The Things you learn! who would ever have though!"Signor Crispino quoted from the excerpt. His opinion of reading changed so much, he went on a mission "blaming" books for the "catastrophes" that was being said about military. Irony Yet came out thinking totally different. "They were constantly discovering new interests to satisfy and were enjoying their reading and studies."Irony Con't Italo Calvino uses imagery by describing the characters, and the setting where this event took place Signo Crispino, and the four lieutenants learned so many things, saw things in different points thinking you're going to get your mission done right and you come out with ideas that would shock you just like it would shock other people because after all that reading you've done you know that you will come back in the future.

On the other hand, in " The Reader" by Richard Wilbur the narrator knows and feels the power of reading. Richard Wilbur conveys imagery by quoting"And a page turnsnow with a scuffing around." The Power of reading could be really strong because it teachesn you new things makes you want to keep reading more, and makes you see life in a whole new way. -how? This passage is in third person point of view. Throughout the poem characters from the literature are being described.

In addition, both readings prove to have a big power in ones lifes. Even though the passages are told differently and are seen in different point of views it shows you that reading will and could change your life.
In conclusion, reading in life is very important because of the fact that you could never judge a book by its cover. Richard Wilbur and Italo Calvino both made good points of reading. On that you can't just say something about a book without even reading it.

Steffy:

You have some good ideas but fail t develop them.
Please follow protocol and structure of unified essay.
Too many plot summary.

How War Affects An Individual; Essay Of Tim O' Brien

You will begin to write your own Session I Part A essay as follows:
The Situation:
Your English class is studying autobiographical text of men who have served in war.
For your project, you have decided to write a report about the effects that war have upon
the individual. In preparation for writing your report, listen to an account by Tim O’Brien. Then use
relevant information from the account to write your report.


Iths
Steffy Zambrano
September 29, 2007
Assignment: “Ambush” By Tim O’ Brien
Ms. Hyde Period 6th

How War Affects An Individual

When a war is fought people believe that it is two countries fighting, but when those soldiers finish fighting those wars they have to fight within themselves. In the autobiographical text “Ambush ” by Tim O’ Brien he has fantasies about the war he once fought in. After a soldier fights a war h is life is changed forever, and he has been affected by this war. If the people that are not fighting in the war are not affected and hurt, imagine the people that are fighting and that have to live with that trauma forever . Sometimes families and friends try and be there for you but it’s hard for you because you know that no matter how hard you try to erase that memory its going to be impossible because what you experience is not easy to forget. They say “that time heals all wounds” but what if the wound isn’t external, but an internal memory that keeps replaying.
As a result of the war, that narrator fought in the short story “Ambush,” all he wrote about was war. He’s daughter once asked him if he once had killed someone. “I told her of course not, I hope one day she asks again... I wanted to tell her what had happened”. He was so afraid In telling because she was only 9. But yet “as a little girl she was right,” she knew that he had killed someone because he wrote about war. The narrator hadn’t recovered the fact that he had killed someone, because he had fantasies about him, the guy he killed. “Shoulders stooped, head titled,” is how he describes him in his fantasies. War affects you so much that when you happen to kill someone to protect yourself and other people who are putting their life in danger for you. It’s just like the narrator said “I threw the grenade before thinking I should throw it” you don’t kill someone because you like them it’s just because sometimes your fears take over what your really thinking. “ I didn’t hate the young men, I didn’t see him as an enemy, I didn’t not ponder...”
That is why war affects everyone because that moment that you once experienced is so hard to get through because it’s in you and you cant even tell your one child. The effects war has on an individual are different because Kiowa from the autobiographical text told the narrator “it was a good kill and that I’m a soldier and I need to shape up.” Kiowa saw it as if it was nothing, but meanwhile the narrator didn’t. War does have affects and a lot of them but just that everyone has a different prospective on the consequences. Even when you all have been through the same experience.
In other Words this short story “Ambush” is a War story and not a Anti- War story because the narrator does about war, the affects of it, how he can’t forget about what he went through. Meanwhile a Anti- war story is when an individual Is opposed to war. The narrator is not opposed to war because he writes stories about wars. How he was afraid of the young men, afraid of something, and how he just wanted to scare him off.
In Conclusion, as you can tell by this Short story autobiographical text War has big impacts on your life, and not only for you but for your family and friends. Different people take it in many different ways some might say that’s what’s suppose to happen and some might see it as a big mistake in life. War might cause Fear or strength but mainly it causes Fear because for the first time you feel like you made a huge mistake and for some reason it won’t go away.

Outline for "Ambush" By Tim O' Brien

ITHS
Steffy Zambrano
September 29,2007
Ms.Hyde

How War Affects People
I. When a war is fought people believe that it is two countries fighting, but when those soldiers finish fighting those wars they have to fight within themselves. In the short story “Ambush ” by Tim O’ Brien he has fantasies about the war he once fought in. After a soldier fights a war h is life is changed forever, and he has been affected by this war. If the people that are not fighting in the war are not affected and hurt, imagine the people that are fighting and that have to live with that trauma forever . Sometimes families and friends try and be there for you but it’s hard for you because you know that no matter how hard you try to erase that memory its going to be impossible because what you experience is not easy to forget. They say “that time heals all wounds” but what if the wound isn’t external, but an internal memory that keeps replaying.


II. Body Paragraph 2-4 & Topic Sentences:
(A)How War Affects us and the people who fight
1. How we live with regret
2. Were not able to tell anyone and the one way th e narrator talks about are in his war stories
3. Can’t move on in life.

(B)The Narrator lives with regret
1. Keeps Writing War stories
2. How afraid he is in telling his daughter that he killed someone
3. How he has fantasies of the young men.

(C) Anti-War Story/ War Story
1. War story
2. Kiowa told him “It was a good kill”


Conclusion: In Conclusion, as you can tell by this Short story autobiographical text War has big impacts on your life, and not only for you but for your family and friends. Different people take it in many different ways some might say that’s what’s suppose to happen and some might see it as a big mistake in life. War might cause Fear or strength but mainly it causes Fear because for the first time you feel like you made a huge mistake and for some reason it won’t go away.