The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty

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The Journal of Patrick Seamus Flaherty

• Presentation by Evan, Connor, Brenden, and Beau.
  Book by Ellen White. ?

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Place and Time

• The main settings are Khe Sanh, Vietnam and Hill
  881S
• It took place December 25, 1967 to April 22, 1968
  

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Main Characters

• Patrick his physical attributions are he likes
  playing football. His emotional attributions are
  he is brave because he gave up three football
  scholarships to go to Vietnam.

• The rest of the main characters are Shadow, Fox,
  Mooch, Smedly, Rotgut, Apollo, Hollywood,
  Professor, Bebop, and Skipper.

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Historical Events

• Troops went to hill 881N to destroy part of the
  NVA (North Vietnamese Army).
• Many troops died at hill 881N.
• Ho Chi Minh started the Vietnam war.

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Cause and Effect

• Cause
• Troops from the NVA were near hill 881N.
• Hollywood hit a mortar shell.
• Patrick draws a picture.

• Effect
• Patricks company went to destroy them.
• It blew up on him and he died.
• He got the nickname Mighty Mouse

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Connors response

• I really liked it but it was more violent than I
  thought. But it was sad when one of my favorite
  characters died. It was Hollywood he was digging
  trenches with squad. He hit a mortar shell with
  his shovel and he blew up.
• Then at the end Patrick got severely injured by a
  missile and Bebop got killed.?????????????????

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Evans Response

• The book was more epic than I thought it would
  be. Almost every place they stayed in either blew
  up or fell down. It would be hard to fight in a
  war with the fear that you would be bombed. Even
  though war is bad they need to be
  fought.???????????????????????????????????????????
  ?????????????

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Brendens response

• I like the book because they gave up a lot of
  lives. Now I understand the veterans that have
  died for America. Now I understand what my
  grandpa did for America.????????????

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Beaus response

• I really like this book because it has a lot of
  action. It is sad because people die.