The following statement represent big ideas from the novel that can relate to many other war-related texts you might read. Simply wrtie "agree" or "disagree" and more importantly, say WHY.

1. Young soldiers engaged in combat typically undergo a personal transformation--a passage from youth to maturity, from innocent to experience.

 

2. War often forces people to reconsider their traditional notions of right and wrong.

 

3. War brings out extremes of behavior--not only courage, loyalty, and sacrifice but also brutality, prejudice, and arrogance.
4. War is chaotic. People often find it difficult to make sense or find meaning in combat.