Blog #4

The theme that I learned from my story would be something along the lines of.."Thinking of others is not always beneficial". The two boys in my book, Soldier Boys were both always thinking of other people. Dieter (Germany) was always thinking about his little army and trying to do EVERYTHING that he could in order to teach his army well/ keep them safe. This backfired on Dieter because when Schaefer came in, he had to yell at Dieter in order to put him in his place. Schaefer had to explain that in war, you have to be thinking about what  YOUR doing next, not what your team is doing. On the other hand, Spence (American) DIED thinking/ saving someone else. That someone else happened to be Dieter. Dieter got shot within less than feet from Spence. While Dieter was basically laying on his death bed Spence came over to save the day. Keep in mind, Dieter is a German, and Spence is an American. That shows how sincere Spence was.