Comparing and Contrasting Jonathan and Ponyboy

Authors Note: this essay was written to explain the similarities and differences between the character ponyboy from the outsiders and Jonathan from the fighting ground.

Have you ever thought about that fact that people almost two thousand years could be alike? This essay was written to compare and contrast a greaser ponyboy from the 1950s and Jonathan one of the rebels from the revolutionary war in 1776.

             In the first place one of the biggest things to compare is that they have both lost somebody closer to them. Pony lost a lot more people that he was close to than Jonathan. Death is something that could bring you together or tear you apart in pony’s case it tore him apart because he lost his parents and Johnny which were like family but he also lost dally who he was somewhat close to but not nearly as close to him as his parents. Jonathan had only lost somebody not too close to him which was his dad’s friend. The man watched his back but didn’t really talk to him whom I partially think he did that because he knew his father wouldn’t have wanted him to join but he did.

            Second they also had a couple other bigger similarities but not as big as losing someone close. I honestly think there second biggest similarity is that they both experienced the loss of innocence. Jonathan started by going against his father’s word and joining the military and next he thought about killing the Germans in their sleep. One of the other big ways he lost was by waking up the Germans and telling them American soldiers were there. Ponyboy lost it by being in the scene when bob was killed although he didn’t do much, in ways he was an accomplice. The smallest similarity is that they both always had somebody watching their back. For pony it was his gang of greasers. For Jonathan it was the rebels who he was fighting with.

            Although they have such major similarities they also haves some big differences. One of the most obvious but biggest one was Jonathan lives in 1776 and pony lives in the 1950’s. With that huge times difference there is also a difference in lifestyle. Like the way they dressed and the fact that the greasers had cars and the rebels had to walk. Another thing that really does separate them is that Jonathan had a normal family life with parents and all. But pony had a way different family life because his parents died in a car accident so all he has is his brothers which all take care of each other. Although they both have someone watching their back Jonathan has basically an army where pony just has a group of greasers who are kind of the outcasts.  Another small difference but important role in these stories is that the soc’s pony’s enemy would beat them up whenever they got the chance but jonathans enemy treated Jonathan very well when they captured him leading him to think he was on their side.           

            Although Jonathan and pony had their differences there were enough similarities to bring them together which almost makes me think that if they ever met each other they probably would be friends.   

Piecing Together the Fighting Ground

Authors Note: this essay was wrote to inform you about the fighting ground's conflicts and how they were resolved.         

            The story “The Fighting Ground” by avi takes you back to the revolutionary war but  it has its twists that aren’t always the best for the main character like the fact that the soldiers were told that they were going to be fighting twelve British soldiers which didn’t sound like too big of a deal. Then the soldiers arrived to find out that it was thirty hessians some of the most elite German soldiers around that are known for their cruelty.

            The biggest conflict in the story is the hessians fighting the Americans instead of the British. It is because instead of the rebels having a good chance of winning it makes their chances very slim. This conflict is solved because the rebels do end up beating them not by killing all of them but they fell back because they weren’t getting anywhere. This also lead up to a big conflict which was that Jonathan got scared and ran then three hessians chased him and captured him.

            Once those hessians caught him they went back and tried to find the rest of the soldiers not realizing that they had left they thought that the hessians had lost the battle and that the rest of them were dead so they took him to an old farm. Where he discovered a little boy sitting in the barn. Later that night the boy decided to escape with the little boy. After walking for a while he found the rest of the rebels which made him lead them back to the farm so that they could kill the hessians. Once they got there Jonathan when and woke up the Germans trying to save them but they decided to use him as a body shield and try to get away. But Jonathan fought back and the Germans ended up dying.

            In conclusion this story had a couple main conflicts but they were resolved pretty easily by the Americans. This teaches you that pretty much every conflict can be resolved as long as you get the opportunity 

Different points of view

Authors Note: this is a writing to show how the point of views can be different from anybody else

In “The Fighting Ground” by     there are many twists that keep you in the book but also make up the whole story like the fact that what the rebels thought they would be fighting twelve British soldiers that they were fighting but it turned out to be thirty hessians which are one of the cruelest group of soldiers of the time. When the main character figures this out he gets nervous takes off and end up being captured by the soldiers. This story is written in Jonathan’s point of view because of this it puts a lot of hate towards the British and the Germans because of what he has heard and seen about the war.

            Jonathan’s point of view influences the reader’s perspective because he lost a brother in the war so he doesn’t like the British. He also has an injured dad so he kind of has a mixture of wanting to and almost having to fight in the war. Once he hears those bells he went rushing to go join the rebels and was very excited but nervous because he didn’t know what to think.

The reader would feel different about the Americans if it was the hessians point of view. For example they are invading America because they are keeping the British as allies and don’t care much for the Americans. Also if it was a point of view from the Germans the reader might now more of went on during the battle and what those soldiers all went through

To prove my point the story can be seen a lot differently through different people’s eyes but it is also what makes the story. Without this point of view you may not have realized how brutal the Germans can be and how that time in that area could have been so every one of these characters are important

Among the imposters summary

  
Authors Note: This is a reviewand summary of among the imposters.                 
                      The book among the imposters was a very interesting book that had many twists and turns that kept you into the book to see what would happen next. This fiction book takes you into a different world that makes you appreciate what you have now. With every chapter things change and make the main character Luke develop.            

                    This book in ways accelerates the story by taking Luke out of hiding straight to a school in front of many people whom he is not used to and is nervous people will find out his true identity. Later in the story he discovers he can take breaks from the school outside but later discovers other people also go out there. One night he follows them and discovers that there are other third children there. Luke later makes the dumb mistake to trust them and ends up with a very twisted end of betrayal and mystery. I suggest you read this book because I honestly think you will like this.