Purple Heart

During the book I sat there and thought about if the character is worthy of praise or criticism. I think the main character Matt should be praised during the book. I think that Matt should be praised because he was someone who had fought in Iraq and was wounded in action. He was set to the hospital after his Sistine injuries to his head where he was unable to remember things that had happen to him and his fellow brothers that were fighting next to him. People that serve in Iraq or Afghanistan I look highly upon because I thank them for keeping our country safe and giving us all this freedom. In the book Matt looks at himself as he kinda let himself down because he lost some of his fellow soldiers and doesn’t remember what happened. Matt remembers waking up and there’s a man standing over him. I thought Matt was praised highly when he revised the Purple Heart for his bravery. Matt didn’t look at himself as a hero but thought that everyone that was in his squad should get the same award as him also. Matt deserved the praise he got from the author and from the readers of the book because it shows that some people can go into war and have no fear about it and wants to get back out into the streets to fight with the men in their units. I praise Matt highly for fighting in the war and I believe that he had earned that award with respect!   

Purple Heart

The significance of the title of the book Purple Heart, is that the young man that was awarded the purple heart in the military. The author picked a great title of his book because the book is about a young soldier in Iraq that wines up in the hospital not remembering where he was or why he was there. The author makes the character of his book look like a hero which anyone that went overseas and fought for our country is a hero but really the character is because put his life on the line and was injured and saw his friends get killed. The character was awarded the Purple Heart for his heroic duty while fighting. The award is a highly looked upon award in the Military today and anyone who gets an award like this feels proud of what they did. The author probably was thinking that the soldier in his story showed his Honor and Bravery for putting his life on the line for his country. The title can tell the story of the book. The Purple Heart is an award that is looked highly upon and some men or women feel like they don’t deserve it because the people they died next to should be getting that award. All in all the author picked a great title for his story to show the effect of what the soldier goes through and how they are rewarded for their duties to the country.