(Authors note: This is a writing piece about point of view regarding the book, “The Fighting Grounds”. How people don’t always think the same way.)
In the book The Fighting Grounds by Avi, the main character Jonathan joins the war without his dad knowing. A few hours later, Jonathan is face to face with the Hessians. A gunfight rises and the next thing Jonathan realizes is, his squad is missing. He must run if he wants to live.
Jonathan perceives his squad bailing out and ran for the hills. Jonathan also thought that his squad could have been shot. After thinking the worst Jonathan was captured by the Hessians, He woke up on the side of a tree and was surrounded by the enemy. The Hessians took him and they walked for hours before taking shelter from the rain. If it wasn’t for Jonathan’s squad, he wouldn’t be in this predicament.
Furthermore, his squad could have seen Jonathan still firing ammo down at the Hessians and thought he would stay back. Although he really didn’t want to fight, he was scared for his life.
In conclusion, Jonathan was very young when he joined the army. He thought joining the army was appropriate for him. However, the squad thought differently. Being young, Jonathan lacked wisdom and experience. In either case, each party had a different point of view as to whether it was appropriate for Jonathan to fight. If I was Jonathan, I would be infuriated with the squad for not telling me its destination. Simply, this was not called for by the squad’s bail.
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