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May 25, 2011. Final Blog for __Generals Die in Bed__ by Charles Yale Harrison. I would give this book a 5 out of 5. I think it's the best book I've probably read. The book takes place during World War 1 on the bloody battle fields and towns of Europe. The author is the main character. He's sent to war as a young teenager from the U.S. But he goes to war from Canada with the Canadians. Right away theres action. You feel as if you were on the front lines with the men. The descriptive details are stunning. He's sent to the front lines in the muddy trenches. His unity is send on the wall into no mans land filled with mortar fire and bullets riddling his friends apart. His story moves on when he reaches the German line, when his bayonet gets stuck in a German soldiers ribs and wont come out. Beside the war, his platoon gets weeks off and head to a French town. The Story has many perspectives from war to just relief time. You feel every moment as if you were him back in the early 1900's. There is no good guy or bad guy in this story. If anything you can call the allies good and the German enemies bad but that's about it. Charles Yale a young boy in his late teens joined the Army young. He's an American who joined the war with the Canadians. Charles is a strong headed guy but the war scares him greatly. on the battle field he freezes during certain moments like any other young soldier. The was makes his grow up. Theres no other choice.

April 29, 2011. Im reading __Generals Die in Bed__ by Charles Yale Harrison.

April 18, 2011. I am reading the book __Generals Die in Bed__ by Charles Yale Harrison. I'm currently on page 120. So far in the book the soldiers have been living in a hell hole since the day they arrived. Constant sniper fire, mortar fire, machine gun fire is an everyday event. The battle field "No mans land" is quiet of rifles and machine guns but the woods, in the distance, makes a deathly cracking noise every few minutes. They are all held down by a German sniper. The only way to move in the trench is on all fours crawling in wet mud and water mixed with animal and human blood. Its morning and their daily rations of food are in. Brown brings the food to the front line and got up for a few minutes to split the bread, sugar, and tea into five helpings for each man in his unit. His head explodes. His body falls limp to the ground. A few seconds later a crackle is heard in the distant. He's been shot dead and the rest of the men jump to the ground hugging the dirt. This novel is very detailed and makes you feel as if you were in the trenches in WWI. I like this book and can probably say its the best book ive read in a long time.


 * April 1, 2011. I've been reading the book __Generals Die in Bed__ by Charles Yale Harrison. I've read the first 30 pages so far in this book. "I taste a salty liquid on my lips. My nose is bleeding from the force of the detonations." I like that quote because it makes you realize how much it had to of sucked to be getting shelled by mortars in a damp muddy trench with nowhere to run.**

March 4, 2011. Daniel is the main character of this book. He's the person who deals with all the conflict in the story. All the other characters in the book are relevant to his problem. He's just a young teenager that likes to do what any teen likes. Things such as sneaking out like when he said he was staying at Armin's house but really they both left to go paint swastikas on buildings. That can kind of be related to tee-peeing in modern day times. Daniel is mature enough to understand a lot such as the German government and whats right and wrong. Armin is Daniels best friend. A good enough friend that when they got caught by the German police the //Schupo// and thrown in jail they cut both of their wrists and held them together making them blood brothers. Armin and Daniel rely on each other having similar backgrounds and families. But Armin differs in the way that he's more risky and likes to push the limit on whats right or wrong and off of that Daniel kind of builds his personality. Sophie Daniels mom is the cause of conflict in the book. At this time period WWII was about to start. She just so happens to be half Jewish and that is a key factor later on in the story. She's a mild tempered woman with a social personality always trying to strike up a conversation and keeping everyone happy in the family. Daniels dad is a values man. When Daniel got in trouble his dad always took a different approach. Instead on being grounded he just shut Daniel out of his world for a few weeks making Daniel feel like he didn't exist. Until one day he put Daniel in the cellar and when he let Daniel out he just started to be him with anything he could find. He ended up almost having a heart attack. He's a socialist who does not support hitler. Also Daniels father wants to own a book store to make some extra money in the harsh economy at that time. This story starts out from and American officer that has transferred over to the British military in Germany 1945 towards the end of Germany's surrender. The man sees a local shop thats surprising still intact and not in ruble that has a peculiar sign. A sign again Jews. He finds the shops owner and reminds him to take it down. 1933 the story jumps to this kids life. A simple kid who wants to just live a good life an do all he can like a typical teen would. Daniel is his name. Daniel is friends with Armin, a boy about his age. The two boys come from similar backgrounds with families who hate the government and the terrible economy and worst of all this Hitler guy. No one wants to believe he will become Germany's chancellor. Armin and Daniel in a //Schupo// cell one night after being caught painting swastikas cut their wrists becoming blood brothers. They are good friends who will go through everything together. Despite his parents ranting Daniel wants to join the new Hitler youth like a lot of his friends. Thats all good until the day he finds out his mother is half Jewish. He will now half to decide what he wants to do and what way he will go. Save his mom or persure his dreams. I give this book a 5 because I like these war bases books around the WWII period. It has great detail when describing situations the


 * February 10, 2011. I've still not found a book to read yet. I finished __Of Mice and Men__ by John Steinbeck. George and Lennie are migrant workers who got kicked out of Weed and fund a new job with new people and dreams. In the end Lennie kills Curley' wife and runs to the spot George said to go to. George and Candy found out her body and so does everyone else. Curley said he was going to kill Lennie himself so George tries to go find Lennie first. He finds him at the river after Lennie had some odd hallucinations. George distract Lennie and the shoots him before the others come find out where they are. The worst part of the book I feel is the ending where it just abruptly stops. The best part is when Lennie beats up Curley. You can find a review at** http://classiclit.about.com/od/ofmiceandmensteinbeck/fr/aa_ofmice.htm [[image:Book_Cover.jpg width="120" height="198"]]


 * January 27, 2011. I've not started a book. I've been reading only __Of Mine and Men__ by John Steinbeck. George and Lennie are the main characters. They are around 20 or 30 years old. George is focused, hard working, and protective of Lennie. Lennie is slow and not bright but is strong and is a great worker. They both need work to make money. They have a dream of getting their own place. Lennie gets in a fight with the bosses son Curley. Curley doesn't like big people and picks fights. The book so far is good because it tells the story with accurate details of what it was like back then. It's interesting to see what happens at the ranch with all the new characters and how the are with their own personalities.**


 * January 13, 2011. I created a wikki.**