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Jerry, the main character, was moved to a prison camp in Vietnam. He established a chain of command among the POWs. His will is buckling

The soldier that was captured beaten by the Japanese captors. Then he was taken back to his cell and reunited with the other American in the prison.

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This book is the story of the famous aviator who informed the world that the North Vietnamese were torturing the prisoners of war. Just read past when he got captured

Jerry is sent back to Hao lao prison and is treated humanely due to the new laws he receives care packages and regains hope. I noticed how after what they have been through they consider this treatment humane I think it is sad to believe how much his standards and expectation were lowered to after 6 years in captivity.

The POW's believe they are going to be leaving soon until Mickey comes in to inform jerry he will be there 2 more years. Jerry is losing himself as well as other POW's. Until the leader of the Ho Chi Minh dies and Jerry can hear from his family and is treated humanely. I noticed how in the war how the citizens are more advocating for the prisoners and not the war itself and I wonder why that is and if they want war.

Jerry is began to feel closer to freedom learning the bombings stopping and then being given a letter from Jane he as he regains hope. I noticed how Jerry seems like he cares more about the war in the south and just is being tortured to write letters to be then broadcasted and be humiliated but he said he would never lose hope in America.

I noticed Jerry's depression seem to be taking atoll onto his mental health and I see how he tries to think of things to keep him sane.I wonder how Jerry will act when he gets back home and if he will have a different mentality or if he will still be a naval officer.

Jerry is placed back in hanoi prison and is grateful to have a roommate to talk to. I think Jerry is slowly gaining back hope and knowing it is getting easier with someone to talk to. I wonder how his family and especially all of his children are wondering what happened to their dad back home. I predict Jerry will be freed soon but they will run into an issue and will have to fight for his freedom.

I predict that Vietnam is trying to kill all of the American POWs at once because it says that suddenly there is an influx of prisoners coming to Hanoi Hilton. They could be trying to get them all together in one place to make it easier to kill them. Also, the war has been going on for so long and they don't have the resources to keep housing them.

Jerry leaves the parade with what little dignity he has jerry has finally reached his breaking limit and decides to put it all into God's hands. He receives a cellmate and feels more at peace. I predict something might happen to his cellmate and Jerry will lose his mind. I noticed how jerry just thinks of everyone's hard work and endurance and reflects and how it inspires him.

POW's and guards aren't on good terms Jerry dreams of his freedom back home and is brought to a public shaming and riot and he might be harmed in the process. I wonder why the vietnamese refuse to negotiate and instead let their citizens die and blame it on the USA.

WW

Jerry was taught the lesson of listening to those who have more experience than himself because he was communicating with other soldiers in the prison when multiple times Jim, his cellmate, told him he needed to stop. He paid the price for it by being put into leg irons for close to a month. This related to the overall conflict because he usually is the one calling the shots in the prison but this once he didn't

Jerry is repeatedly tortured to make a public apology to the vietnamese people publicly jerry wants to return with honor but he is only human how will he hold up and what will he say for his public trial? I wonder how many people will see Jerry's trial and if american forces will see his secret message and rescue him and the other prisoners.

Jerry is let out and makes new POW's friend and admires his resilience to not break the code of conduct and tries to go back to following the code and returning with honor. I wonder how he might resist the dehumanizing acts of the north vietnamese.

Jerry is put into solitary confinement and is slowly tortured. I noticed how he seems to be giving up and will not stop to never go back to that pitch dark room. This is significant because he could reveal important information.

I predict at least one POW will die when they are all chained together and being paraded around Hanoi. I think this because the citizens are outraged and hate the Americans because they are bombing their country and that’s exactly what all of these POWs did. Also because they are already in bad condition and the officers said that the people of Hanoi will be very violent and the POWs will not be protected.

Jerry endures as time passes on, punishment and captivity increases as each soldier is taken out one by one how will he keep up? I noticed how Jerry seems to be fed up and is more resistant I also could never imagine how his family must have thought and cried. I predict despite this Jerry will continue to endure and "Return With Honor."

Aha

I realized that Jerry was going to cooperate with North Vietnam and I thought that was strange because he has been very defiant against them the whole book. But I then understood that he made a secret message for America with him blinking "torture" in Morse code. This shows that even though he shows that he is submitting to the North Vietnamese government, he actually had not.

Character change

At first I thought Jerry was extremely resilient and strong but now I think his time in captivity away from his family and being tortured is getting to him because he cracked and broke the code of conduct. The code of conduct was the most important thing to him in the military but he basically just destroyed it and broke all of the rules on it. He is turning against himself and his own morals and th

Jerry is fighting his was through prison enduring the harsh conditions. He communicates with other prisoners and creating a morse code. Jerry I have seemed to notice his passion and perseverance to see his family again and to make it out alive. I predict Jerry and some other inmates will try to pull off something extravagant and will be caught and punished into even more harsh conditions.

Character traits

Jerry is resilient because he has put up with being tortured and confined when he could have it all stopped by just telling North Vietnam what they want to know. This shows that he has pride in his country and will now betray the code of conduct even though he is being brutally tortured.