The Drummer Boy Of Sloh Character Analysis

In the ¨Drummer Boy of Shiloh¨ written by Ray Bradbury, a 14 year old boy named Joby is in the military and is the Drummer during the civil war. In the beginning, Joby and the soldiers are at a camp just waiting for the next day. There is going to be a battle on the next day that all of them are traumatized over. Joby is scared the most because he is the youngest and he cannot defend himself like the soldiers. He feels very insignificant. He only has a drum and drumsticks and they have guns. The General talks to Joby and convinces him that he is important and make himself feel good to have him go into the war. In ¨An episode of war¨,written by Stephen Crane is about a lieutenant. He is also at a military camp with his soldiers. He is serving them beverages and all of a sudden gets hit by a oncoming bullet. The lieutenant gets hit in the arm and is told to go to the hospital but he won't give in. Finally he starts to make his way to the hospital. He gets there and is in fear of having his arm amputated. The doctor says that he isn't going to cut it …show more content…
Joby feels very insignificant to this army and that he shouldn’t be there. This is very essential to a character and especially in this story because it show the affect or toll war has on people. Ray Bradbury has conveyed this message to the reader to explain how important this is and to show it so we can understand and know how Joby is feeling throughout the story. After Jobys and the Generals talk, Joby feels a lot better about himself because he was able to get out his feelings. The General had taught him a lesson to basically grow up and to get over his fears and to just do it. I think that Ray Bradbury really had portrayed this message to really show how the General wanted to help Joby with his