Short Story Of Ambush

Ambush Both Ambush is a story about a man’s Vietnam War stories and how he is struggling to keep his secrets unknown to his daughter. I believe that this story falls into both categories for a few reasons. It falls into the reality and dreams category because throughout the story he is having flashbacks to the first time he killed someone during the war along with him wishing that it never happened. The reality of it is that it happened and that there is nothing he can do that would change the outcome. This can be shown by the main protagonist writing, “Later, I remember, Kiowa tried to tell me that the man would’ve died anyway. He told me that it was a good kill, that I was a soldier and this was a war, that I should shape up and stop staring …show more content…
This story falls into both categories. It falls into reality and dreams because the boy dreams about are a pair of blue suede shoes. He would do anything to get a pair of blue suede shoes but the story suggests he is living in poverty. Child poverty is a very real issue that occurs all around the world. There are one point two million children living here in Canada. (https://globalnews.ca/news/3739960/canadian-census-children-poverty/) The story falls into the challenge and teamwork category because Roger is faced with the challenge of overcoming poverty and Mrs. Jones is supporting Roger for a night by giving him food and enough money to buy the blue suede shoes that he …show more content…
She goes through many troubles to get to her band practice on time such as helping an old man find his lost dog. This story was put in both categories for a few reasons. It is in the dreams and reality
The Hockey Sweater Both
The Hockey Sweater is a small town in Quebec in which all of the residents are huge Montreal Canadiens fans. The kids of the town are always on the ice with Montreal Canadiens sweaters but the main character Roch’s sweater has been ripped and had to wear a Toronto Maple Leafs sweater which was not accepted with the other kids. This story is in both categories because the main character, Roch, is challenged by being forced to wear a sweater with the Montreal Canadiens rival team, the Toronto Maple Leafs. While Roch is not happy with his sweater, his mother talks him through wearing it because if they send it back it would seem like they are sending a disrespectful message to the sender of the sweater. It also falls into the reality and dreams category by is a representation of bullying because Roch was being discriminated for wearing a different teams colour. Even though he agrees with the other kid's views, he has been trained that he is not allowed to like any other type of sports teams. This leads to a mindset where nothing else but their favourite team is socially