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I think Spence was a leader because he helped others without hesitating before himself. At one point, he went against orders to help a wounded man. It was already hard enough to go out there in general, then he went against orders and what all the others were saying to help him, "Spence had made up his mind by then. If Pappas left, he was going down there. He would crawl to that boy and see what he could do for him," page 215. Another example was when they were practicing parachuting and the guy in front of him was so scared that he couldn't go. Spence solved the situation without getting the other guy or himself written up, " And just like that, the first man was out in the air and gone. Spence felt the resistance in Ted, his muscles seemingly locked up. It was pushing Ted forward that took Spence a step up," page 51. Spence didn't like this any more than Ted did, but he helped him and confidently knew what to do.

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The story's main conflict is the war itself, "What the Germans didn't know was that reinforcements had been brought in overnight," page 199.

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In this book, almost every person has an internal dilemma... past or present, "But sleep didn't come for Spence, and every time he thought the German was finally dead, the voice would return," page 214. A couple pages later Spence goes against orders to help the German even though every part of him tells him not to.

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Almost all of the story was told in third, "Spence didn't move," Except for two paragraphs at the end, when it was in second, "I thought you would like to know how your son died."

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Speech: "Can't someone help him?" page 213. Spence was referring to an enemy soldier that was wounded on the battlefield. This shows that he was compassionate enough to think about the suffering of others, even though he wasn't suppose to.

Thought: "I'm sorry Dad," page 223. Spence was dying on the hill and was referring to his promise to his dad that he would come home. This shows that his bond to his family is so strong that he would do anything for them.

Effect on Others:  He has a generally good feel to him and can make people trust him. When the other character, Dieter, was wounded and didn't know what was going on, Spence hummed to him, saved him, and calmed him down even though there was a language barrier."What he sensed was that this boy with the kindly voice was helping him," page 221.

Actions: "But Spence did what he had been trained to do. He grabbed his rifle, pulled it out from under Erickson, and then he charged back to the upstairs room," page 156. This shows that he did what what needed to be done and ended up saving a guy in the process.

Looks: Sixteen to Seventeen years old, not the most popular kid in high school. "Dad I'm close enough to seventeen," "Even if I was short, even if I did have crooked teeth," Both quotes on page 211.

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I really liked the book Soldier Boys by Dean Hughes. It was a tragic story of two boys on opposite sides of World War II that trusted each other in their last moments. It showed how people can bond and how it isn't just black and white all the time. This book is not really for people who can't read books about war or don't like tragic endings. I personally am not a fan of tragic endings but this one was different It fit into the plot perfectly and still surprised us, unlike other books that add it in randomly. It has so many life lessons in the book and it really opened my eyes in some ways. Spence stood up for people's rights, whether they were on his side or not. I think that this book portrays the feelings people go through well and really shows how deep emotions can go. I really like this book, through all the highs and lows in the plot and all the things in between. I recommend this book.

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You can help, even if everybody and everything opposes. "Can't someone help him?" page 213. This becomes true when Spence goes onto the battlefield to save a wounded German soldier and everybody says he can't do it. That he'll get killed before he can get to him. That they can help him later even though the soldier doesn't have a later to look forward to.

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In the book there were two characters were followed all throughout the story but named Spence Morgan, but they were on opposite sides. Dieter was a German soldier and Spence was an American soldier in World War II. In this book everything is going against the people. There are enemies coming at them "He had to believe that German soldiers felt the same way. Those guys had walked up that hill," page 204, they are in freezing temperatures "And when Spence marched past those bodies-three frozen Germans, their faces blue as ice, their eyes rigid- he was left with a strange feeling," page 132, and they are horrified from their comrades' deaths "Spence was suddenly furious, and it was mostly because Pappas was right. He couldn't make it down and back," Page 185.

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This story takes place in Germany 1945 and 1939, "The weak before, on September 1, 1939, German troops had marched into Poland" on page five, and America in 1941 "Dad said that the Japanese wouldn't try to drop bombs on Brigham city, and Spence told himself that was right. Utah was to far inland for that." For most of the book, it takes place in the winter on the German front. "Spence got one boot off, finally, and his sock, which had gotten wet and was frozen," page 143.