"Code Talkers" Blog

3/7/16
Prompts:

1.) Summarize what has happened in the book so far.

2.) Identify the protagonist. 
3.) Identify the antagonist. Describe what has happened
that makes you believe they are the main characters?


          The book I am reading is called "Code Talkers" by Joseph Bruchac. This book takes place during the years of WWII. The author is writing about his time when he served as a Navajo code talker so the book is a memoir. When he was a little boy he was sent to an American school. This was a school for just Navajos but they were taught the way of the "white man." Since the teachers were American, the Navajos were discriminated by the teacher. Then, one day, when he was 16, the Marine Corps were recruiting Navajos to aid them in the war effort. He begged his parents, but they told him to wait one more year. When he was 17, he was accepted by the Marine Corps. He became a code talker and him, along with many other Navajos, developed a new code so no one could crack it. He battled many battless. He was wounded as well. Right now I am at the part where they are fighting the Japanese to take over Iwo Jima. This is what I have read so far.

          I think that the protagonist of the story is the author and all the Allied forces. The protagonists are fighting against the Axis forces. The events that have taken place in order for me to know that these are the protagonist are that the author has persevered even in tough times like the time he was wounded. The Allied forces are obviously a protagonist because they are fighting to prevent Adolf Hitler from talking over the world. This is why I think they are protagonist.

           The antagonist of this book is the Axis Powers. I think this because they are fighitng so they can take over the world. The events that made me think this is when the American soldiers went to take over Iwo Jima. When they went to the island it seemed like it was deserted. When all of the soldiers went is finally when the Japanese started to attack them. It took days to finally overcome the Japanese because they never surrendered they fought to the very last. They fought with tooth and nail. This is why I think that the Axis Powers are the antagonist.