Speaking of Courage

I'm on the fence about Speaking of Courage. I'm not sure if I think Bowker is courageous or cowardly. The story is about how he spent his Fourth of July alone. I think the war tainted his life because he's alone now. I'm pretty sure people don't think of him the same way or look at him the same way. No one understand what the war did to him and no one will ever understand what Vietnam is like unless they go there. So I think just going to fight in Vietnam was courageous because now he'll never be the same and it's changed his life for the worse. The whole chapter makes me sad because I hate the thought of loneliness. To me bearing loneliness is courageous. I would've probably killed myself. With the Kiowa thing I think he's both cowardly and courageous. Cowardly because I feel as though he shouldn't have let go. Maybe he could've tried a little harder or something. But I thing it was courageous because instead of giving up on himself and just throwing his life away he saved himself. His life is terrible some people would just throw in the towel. So yeah. ;) 

Death's Lesson (Memoir)

The memoir that I read was pretty good for some one the age of 14. It was titled "Death's Lesson" by Mitchell W. I liked the way he described the story to me. He was very descriptive and he made me want to keep reading. The memoir was kind of sad but I believe it's something we can all relate to. It's about how great of a person his grandpa was and how his grandpa was strong and a fighter.Sometimes the story  skipped from one scene to another without smooth transition but Mitchell got his point across. He never really tells me what "Death's Lesson" really is though so I'm guessing he wants me to interpret that on my own and I've yet to figure that out. It's not the proper way to write a memoir I guess but I feel like his story is kind of scattered. I actually like that but it did kind of leave me confused at a few points but it's random and I LOVE that.