Battle Of Shiloh Analysis

In the 1800s young boys did not have a very long childhood. At a certain age they would be sent off to war to fight for their country and people. In this story I will tell about a drummer boy on the night before the “Battle of Shiloh”. It was on April 6, 1862 near a church. More than 23,000 soldiers died those two days. In the story a moth brushed across his face but it was a blossom, it symbolised that the boys can shave their faces meaning that if they couldn't fell the blossoms then their face was too hairy and when he said the blossom was a moth he was saying that nothing he was doing made sense he said the blossom was a moth and the moth was a blossom. The drum represented a shield but not only that it represented that the war will begin it was meant to alert not only the soldiers but also the people near …show more content…
It symbolised fire for warmth and light to see. They used twigs and leaves because back in those days they had no matches or lighters to set things on fire as we do today all they had were sticks and dry leaves; even though sometimes the leaves weren't so dry sometimes they were wet and needed to be dried so they can catch the flames and they can have warmth and light. They also had it so they can cook animals that they caught so they can eat when they stop so they won't be hungry and they can fight and won't be so weak from lack of food. Joby and his drum Joby’s drum organizes the paste of the war meaning that the drum symbolises the beginning and the end of the war and when they can rest and when they have to fight. Joby and his drum symbolises the heart of the army when it stops the war is over and the heart stopped someone has won the war which means someone has also lost the war. The beat of the drum is setting the paste of how the army to go if the beat is fast and good they'll win if it's slow and bad they'll lose like a heartbeat good and fast alive slow and bad dead or