vocabulary

1. Inquiring- To seek information by asking a question
2. insistence- to be firm or in a demand
3. Periodic- having or marked by repeated cycles
4. emitted- to give out as sound
5. Jurisdiction- The right and power to interpret and apply the law

What keeps me interested in the book

The book uses some decent vocabulary. He gives some good detail and makes u feel and wonder how it was to be young in the early 1900's. I also Like how at the beginning of the chapter he tells about the current situation hes in then he starts to remember a earlier part of his life. The way he writes the beginnings of the chapter at times doesn't tell much but at times it really gets you interested in the book. He also gets you knowing the characters pretty well.

conflict

So far in the book there still i the army. Charlie Tommo's brother Has come back from His home after getting shot. Everyone who knew was happy to see him back at the trenches. A couple of days later they had been attacked and where Tommo was at got hit by a shell. He woke up later in a pain and felt like the ground was pushing him down. He tried to scream and his mouth got full of dirt so then he knew he had been buried alive. Everyone helped dig him out who knows how they knew he was alive but I guess they heard him scream. Tommo had been hit in the head pretty bad and couldn't walk very well. him and his brother were in the trenches when the Sargent told them that he was planing on charging out the trench and imto the German Trench (they were in a trench in no mans land and were surrounded). Since Tommo was injured Charlie refused to get out and take care of his brother. The Sargent said if he didn't go hed get him in court and he'd get the firing squad on him and Charlie still Refused to go.