Status Updates From Phantoms In The Snow

Really really good

I finished the book, and I really enjoyed it all. It becomes even better when you realize that all of the events are connected to a real division and what they actually did during the Second World War. The characters all seem very real, and you can very easily relate to the main character, Noah. I love the way that throughout this book, Noah goes from being against war and even being at the camp, to being selfless.

I love this book. All of the characters have developed in interesting ways, such as Noah's uncle. He has gone from a man who seems to not care about anything to it becoming obvious that he cares deeply for those around him. Noah and his division have been actually deployed in Italy, and are trying to flush out the Nazis from the Alps. Noah is now completely willing to fight in the war in order to help his friends.

I really enjoy this book. Noah has been put into actual training for the Snow division and has learned for the first time about the atrocities that are taking place in Nazi Germany. He has decided to actually go through with joining the war efforts because he's realized that everyone else on the team is scared just like he is. Noah has started to actually really appreciate his uncle, despite him being unusual.

So far, I really love this book. I love the era it's set in, which is WWII, and I also love all of the characters in it so far. The main character is Noah, and after his parents have died of smallpox he's been sent to the military base in Colorado where his uncle works. He lies about his age so that he won't be sent away, but his uncle puts him into the camp to train to help them fight the war.

Towards the ending. The book used the word medical a lot. This would imply that Noah's gonna become a doctor after taking the hill from the Germans. And James Shelly literally said that Noah would become a doctor instead of a soldier for the remainder of the war.

A new motif in this book is pain/suffering. Noah's in war now and now one of his friends got Kia. There were mainly independent clauses and barely any dependent clauses in the reading.

''Noah blinked with suprise at the truth of Daniel's observation.'' Noah is the one that hates Daniel the most in the camp. But even if so Daniel was honest with Noah about their struggles together. It kinda just shows that like even though you may not like this person they can be honest and truthful with you. Thats what struck me in this chapter

So another motif that I found while reading. Was identity in this book, I've already established that courage is one of the motifs in this book. But not it seems like courage is Noah's identity in this book. As he's doing all these crazy training activities with bullets being fired at him he gets more and more courageous and less and less fearful of these things. His character/identity is changing

So far the motif of this book is perseverance. This 15-year-old Noah basically is thrown into military training and has to learn how to ski. Even though he's from Texas. And the journey of him having thoughts about quitting and still basically putting his body in harm's way. He has nowhere to go so he's still going through the training even if it's painful