1.) This story has a huge impact of the people whom played a role in the civil war.
2.) The narrator seems to dislike the Yankees.
3.) They are a very low income family, they depend on the farm to make a living.
4.) Their father comes home from the Civil War they notice that he looks very worn out and hurt.
5.) Mom is very upset about the war and wishes that her husband never played any part of it she wants the war to end immediately.
4 Questions
1.) How does the narrator feel about the war that is going on?
2.) How long has the Civil war been going on since this time period in the story?
3.) Who are the Yankees?
4.) What is Ma going to do about her stressful situation?
3 Vocab Words
- shenanigans;p.9:mischief; prankishness
- cavalry;p.14:the part of a military force composed of troops that serve on horseback.
- bellering;p.17: A sort of tone used to yell at others.
2 Literary Elements
- "still it wad hard to hold back your feelings while they rampaged around your place stealing things and smashing what they couldnt steal."Man Vs. Society
- "That was when i began to wonder what the war was for" Foreshadowing
1 Sentence Overview
- The narrator in this story has no idea what this war is about. He lives in a very corrupt time period and society and wants to do w.e he can to help support his mother and father.