blog post#4              reading responce                                                                                    

   the drummer boy of shiloh by ray bradburry is about a young boy named Joby. joby is a drummer boy for for his army.joby meets the general in this passege. in the passege joby is very unconfident about the war and himself.after all ''joby only has a drum and two sticks to beat it'' he does not have any protection in this dangerous war.the general trys to build up jobys confidents. i remember the time in sixth grade and it was my first real play. i was really scared i didnt have any confidents and kept asking "what if i mess up?'' but in the end i did very well and my mom,dad and sisters were really proud. joby lacks confients.

   joby lacks confients and does not no what to do because he is about to enter the huge world of war. in the beginning of the story joby is trying to sleep but he is way to nervous to close his eyes. joby is scared something bould happen to him.''i got only a drum, two sticks and no sheild.'' this shows that joby is very worried that he has nothing to protect him. this is a huge problem that joby faces. what will build his confidents?
 
   joby later meets the general. the gereral and tells him comferting things like: ''you are the heart of the army'' which is true joby is the one who shows who they are and makes the soilders feel alive. joby starts to feel better and feels a lot more confident in himself. at night before bed joby'' firmly and slowly turns the drum up so it faced towards the sky'' this shows that joby is very prod of being a drummer boy. the general is a very strong and wise character and always knows what to say.

  in conclusin, joby is confient and should be confident in who he is because he is a very inportant adition to the army. when i came to greet my family at the end of the play i knew i was a very importan character to the play and every character was special in his or her own way.