This text takes place in Germany during World War I. James who is our main character, is an american soldier who fought in the war. with an intricate situation for James and his teammates. They’ll have to wait until midday, because they’re planning an air attack. They needed more clouds so they couldn’t be seen and surprise the Germans.
The plan starts, and for the first few minutes everything is going perfect. When the combat begins two of the enemies manage to escape while one of them was shot by a member of James's team. Everything was moving too quickly. After separating James ends up against an experienced soldier. He concludes that this soldier is experienced since he shows no fear to the probability of fighting against James. Feeling the pressure he was under, James attempts a …show more content…
James tried to show no fear to show the German he wasn’t afraid either and not look inexperienced. Even though James felt uncertain about why he tried to start combat with no fear, he showed no fear either.
2.)How did James feel when being an inexperienced pilot at war?
James felt uncertain of being an inexperienced pilot at a live or death situation. He wasn’t aware of what could’ve happened. Lots of things passed through his mind right there. The possibilities of dying where high. The moment he felt more fear was his encounter against the German.
3.)Why did they want to surprise Germany? If they could surprise Germany with a well elaborated plan because this could’ve been the end of the war for them. Even though they had to wait until midday to start the plan they did it just to surprise them. The plan was to get lost in the clouds and attack covered by them.
4.) How quickly did the combat go? As James mentions in page 2 ‘’There was no time either to watch or to not think of this horrible sight’’. Everything was moving quickly, there were lots of explosions , at one point they even