Week 2 Post A

Vocab
Anointed (55) - choose by or as if by divine intervention

Screaming Meemies (72) - German multibarreled, electrically fired rocket launchers called Nebelwerfers

Appeals
1. "Once fear strikes, it spreads like an epidemic, faster than a wildfire. Once the first man runs, others soon follow. Then it's all over; soon there are hordes of men running, all of them wild-eyed and driven by fear" (51). I would say this is a very much emotion appeal because it shows that there are the new recruits that have been pushed into combat and when they see their friends they start doing it too even if they don't know what's going on.

2. "Some of our men were armed with nothing more than a trench knife. On e trooper marching with us had only a stick-a tree limb he had picked up from the ground. He waved it menacingly and declared that he would replace it with a German weapon by nightfall" (53). I would say this is a logical and emotional appeal because it does have the fact but I would say it is more emotional because it shows the reader how truly under-equipped they were and how they had to pretty much use anything that was available to them to stay alive.

3. "Bastogne and it's seven roads had to be taken or the entire German offensive would fail. They would not be able to move their mechanized armies or the supplies needed to maintain their momentum without it." (67). This is a logical appeal because it gives the really important fact of why Bastogne was so important and that they were going to do anything tit took to hold it.

Quote
"Who could blame those men for being scared? Many of them were fresh from the States, pumped up with the idea that the war would be over by Christmas. Then thirty-eight heavily armed and armored German divisions had suddenly broken through their lines in a pre-dawn surprise attack in a last fierce attempt to save their country from defeat. Many Americans and their units were obliterated before they even knew they were under attack. These men had found themselves in the valley of death, and their faces showed it." I think this is a important quote because it connects with with theme in this part of the book. It shows that the Allies pretty much thought the war was over so a lot of new recruits joined for the glory and honor but they experienced something totally different.

Theme
A theme for this part of the book was that things can and are different than they seem and fear plays a huge role in events people partake in. So even if a person doesn't know what's going on but he sees his friend running away for example or putting away their stuff in class then there's a big chance that they will do it too and it will lead to a domino effect.