Personally I enjoy reading nonfiction, so this book was very enjoyable to me, but it was unique in its own sense that it was an autobiography. Jus as they are doing that the shooters from the building accidentally detonates the bomb killing everyone in the building. He gets out of bed looking for some kind of weapon to use, until he thinks about the men that gets a weapon and wake up to find that they have killed their wives. EQ Platoon is headed out to Q-West, another camp for the soldiers in Iraq. However, he only enlisted in the reserves thinking (and being told) that he should be safe not to be stationed overseas. Chapter 1 Ryan Smithson is a junior in high school and his girlfriend is a senior. He orders the troops to make a perimeter around the building that the shooting was coming from. We found no such entries for this book title. To work through his feelings about the war, he started writing about his experiences in the army - basic training, Iraq, and his homecoming. Ghosts Of War by Ryan Smithson is a kind of a suspenseful, heart jerking, and touching. I just finished Ghosts of War by Ryan Smithson. In this chapter the platoon gets some replacements added to the platoon. As someone who was in basic training just months before the author, I can say that this is one of most true-to-life books I've read about the modern Army and the war in Iraq. This is a flashback to Ryan being in Blue Phase of basic training. At the camp they are split into companies. He wants to cry but he can't because he has to be strong for the little kids. Ryan has returned home and heather is in her last year of college. When he finds out the world trades centers have fallen he thought it was a joke at first, making me wonder why he just laughed at it and brushed it off.

2010 Best Books for Young Adults (Nominations), Mariah Carey Is Telling Her Own Story (and Recommending Books). I was wondering why they were so hard on the recruits for the smallest mistakes. On one hand teachers were pushing that 'know what you want to do for the rest of your life' attitud. This chapter opens up telling about what everyone is doing on their down time at the camp.

They learn about PMCSing and things like that. Depending on the study guide provider (SparkNotes, Shmoop, etc. This book was very well written, it had alot of elements that i didn't expect and over all was a good bookthe best part of this book was how fast paced and complex it was. He is taken out to Kuwait to wait on the plane ride home, but the times keeps getting pushed back because of all the plain holding equipment and not having enough room. The Ghosts of War has really impacted the way I feel about the young brave men who puts there life on the line for the people who don't have the courage, or protect the people of their beloved country. Refresh and try again. Just a moment while we sign you in to your Goodreads account. At the end it is Sunday and a girl say she cant go to church because she’s an atheist, and the drill sergeant tells her she will be praying to god when there is bullets whizzing over her head. This is how soldiers’ lives really are and it describes it so well. GoodReads community and editorial reviews can be helpful for getting a wide range of opinions on various aspects of the book. Inside there is a picture drawn by the little boy. I think the author's purpose is to entertain because Ryan Smithson is the main character and the author. Chapter By Chapter Summaries. Ghosts Of War by Ryan Smithson is a kind of a suspenseful, heart jerking, and touching. Then this one little kid is just coming of the fields from working to provide for his family, he comes up asking for water and Ryan gives him a Gaterade instead.

All Right Reserved. Let us know what’s wrong with this preview of, Published Three more bombs are thrown inside the prison and finally someone comes to bring Ryan to his senses and he goes back to the barracks. One of the other soldiers comes running in the room breathing hard explaining to everyone that he was just running from that mortar bomb. The author's purpose of Ghost's of war is to entertain and inform. God Bless from A Young Mother... He says they have failed and they start with the drills. Ghosts of War is the story of Ryan Smithson, a boy who joined the military upon high school graduation. Ryan is sending his family back home a letter telling them that he would be going to some famous place so they wouldn’t worry about him. They tell him that EQ is a tight platoon and sticks together and has one another’s back. It was an overall great book. This book really teaches us what war really is. Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Ironically, Ryan was sent right away and worked with a group on heavy equipment. He invites a recruiter over to his home to talk to his parents. Many other books leave out the life life after the war, but not this one. Sign in|Recent Site Activity|Report Abuse|Print Page|Powered By Google Sites. As he gets closer the cow keeps moving and Ryan just barely misses the cow and the cow turns around and heads the way it came from. Sites like SparkNotes with a Ghosts of War study guide or cliff notes. However, after reading Smithson’s autobiography, I have further plummeted into questions concerning my life, the war, and life in general. Provider of short book summaries. The book goes through Ryan's first tour of duty in Iraq, and gives great detail about the struggles he faced while there. A YA lit memoir of a 19 year old in Iraq... while most wouldn't stop to appreciate the emotion behind his adventure, it is an eye-opening story, made more fascinating because I've been corresponding with the author since he lives in my area. With the encouragement of a professor, he kept writing and eventually published his memoir, "Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI" (HarperCollins, 2009). After they are settled into there new home the two of them sit down and talk about what will happen if he gets deployed, and when will he be deployed. She gets closer and closer and touches his shoulder and he magically is calmed down and can finally get some sleep. The platoons sergeant comes to his senses jus as a bullet whizzes by Ryan’s head. When he arrives at Q-West the first person he sees is SPC hernandez, who he met on a mission out in the desert. I hope it all works out for your son. Offers plot summary and brief analysis of book. Ryan get two new guys in his Humveeas they head into the desert. This chapter opens up to Ryan's company eating breakfast at 5:45 in the morning, before they head out to do their job for today. “For me, the future was a complete paradox. Ghosts of War: The True Story of a 19-Year-Old GI, by Ryan Smithson, The author's purpose of Ghost's of war is to entertain and inform. This chapter tells about Ryan's pet bird, Jerkface. Ryan was moved by 9/11 (which occurred during his high school years) to enlist. They are issued rucksacks which they would be living off of for a couple of weeks. When Ryan gets there the entire platoon looks sad so Ryan asks them whats going on. Ryan and some of the other soldiers are being surronded by a group of iraqi kids asking for food and water. I like how in the beginning it talks about some of his reasons for joining. They learn about the shifts and hours to sleep as well.

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