by Jan McDonald - St. Cloud Times

Chapter 141. AWV. As a soldier, Jonathan feels it is his duty to kill the Hessians.2. Jonathan’s experiences have changed him. He is unsure what to do - what is right and wrong. He is also a young boy not a real soldier.AWV. He can only get off one shot so at best he could kill one soldier and the others would kill him or perhaps the boy.3. Jonathan unties himself. He plans to find the road, turn north and look for the Corporal who he wants to act for him against the Hessians.4. AWV. He couldn’t leave the boy behind - he feels responsible for him and getting him to safety. The boy is heavy and must be carried. He issleeping so he is dead weight. AWV,5. AWV. The Americans have found him but he questions how they will treat him. AWV.Chapter 151. The Corporal is demanding and questioning. The men are encouraging and offer food. They are kind and concerned. The Corporal proves hardfor Jonathan to read.2. AWV.3. The men say they held off the Hessians who retreated.4. The Corporal wants information about the Hessians in the house.5. AWV.6. AWV. Jonathan is thinking the Corporal may know more about the death of the boy’s parents or even may be responsible.7. Chapter 3 said the Corporal is overly fond of killing. AWV.Chapter 161. The Corporal has killed the boy’s parents because he says they were Tories, French Papist, and spies for the Hessians. AWV.2. AWV. In Ch. 1 Tories were not real people to Jonathan. now he has seen real people killed and he knows they were the boy’s parents.3. It seems after the boy’s parents were killed, the Committee argued with the Corporal and would not finish the job. The other son of the Toriesescaped and perhaps “informed the Hessian garrison”. So the Corporal got Jonathan’s group together to fight the Hessians.4. The boy speaks French. It is learned the Corporal and his committee did the killing.5. AWV. The Corporal is a good fighter in war, but a good fighter has no place during peace time.6. The Frenchman takes the boy to live with him and will look for his brother. Jonathan wants to go home; the Corporal won’t let him.7. AWV.8. The Corporal needs Jonathan to go back to the boy’s house with him and the soldiers to do what they have to do...to finish things. AWV.To finish things usually means to kill the Hessians.Chapter 171. No, the Corporal is forcing Jonathan to go and help the soldiers finish off the Hessians.2. AWV.3. Jonathan is supposed to go up to the door and just see what the Hessian soldiers are doing. AWV. AWV.4. AWV. It is too risky to send a boy back into a house used by Hessians.5. Jonathan is torn, not knowing what is right.6. AWV.7. AWV. It is hard to believe the Corporal because he is known to be violent.8. AWV.Chapter 181. The Hessians are still asleep.2. Jonathan wakes the Hessians and alerts them the American soldiers are just outside. He is trying to save the Hessians from being killed. AWV.3. After shots are fired on the house, the Hessians believe they will be killed so they load their guns and try to shoot their way out. The Hessiansdo not know English so they do not know they have been offered surrender.4. AWV.5. Jonathan was used by the Americans to see what the Hessians were doing. The Hessians used Jonathan as a shield to get out of the house.6. Jonathan is in front of the old soldier who is holding him firmly. Jonathan twists, head butts the old soldier. The old soldier loses his grip andJonathan dives back into the house leaving the Hessians exposed and frozen on the porch. They are all killed by the Americans.7. AWV.Chapter 191. The Americans have killed the three Hessian soldiers.2. The Americans have finished; they have reached their goal. They are not real soldiers so their job is done and they go home.The men do not look back, no one spoke or paused.3. The Corporal says J was lucky to survive. AWV.4. Jonathan takes his anger and other emotions out on the gun. It is a symbol of his new feelings about war.5. AWV. AWV.6. Jonathan is not the same boy. He just wants to go home.7. AWV. The Corporal may be looking for his next battle.8. AWV.9. AWV. AWV.29