Codetalker took a couple of chapters for me to get into it, but once I understood the characters it went pretty quick. Overall, it gave me a new look into world war II.
Codetalker took a couple of chapters for me to get into it, but once I understood the characters it went pretty quick. Overall, it gave me a new look into world war II.
Ned Begay, was a character who lived through a lot of intense things including one of the worst wars in U.S.A history. He was unable to swim and was tossed into a pool. However he was so brave he did not flip out. He Walked across the bottom of the pool. His desire to liv3e and to make something in the world was huge./
A theme in this book I was able to find was never giving up. Ned went through struggles at boarding school like mean teachers and being abused when he did something wrong. He talked in his native language by mistake when he was supposed to be talking with english and the teacher washed his mouth with a bar of soup. Also Ned wanted to join the military and fight for his country. Ned never gave up trying to convince his parents to let him. And even in intense training Ned still prevailed. Overall Ned's will to succeed allowed him to help his country win a war.
A theme in this book I was able to find was never giving up. Ned went through struggles at boarding school like mean teachers and being abused when he did something wrong. He talked in his native language by mistake when he was supposed to be talking with english and the teacher washed his mouth with a bar of soup. Also Ned wanted to join the military and fight for his country. Ned never gave up trying to convince his parents to let him. And even in intense training Ned still prevailed. Overall Ned's will to succeed allowed him to help his country win a war.
A theme in this book I was able to find was never giving up. Ned went through struggles at boarding school like mean teachers and being abused when he did something wrong. He talked in his native language by mistake when he was supposed to be talking with english and the teacher washed his mouth with a bar of soup. Also Ned wanted to join the military and fight for his country. Ned never gave up trying to convince his parents to let him. And even in intense training Ned still prevailed. Overall Ned's will to succeed allowed him to help his country win a war.
A theme in this book I was able to find was never giving up. Ned went through struggles at boarding school like mean teachers and being abused when he did something wrong. He talked in his native language by mistake when he was supposed to be talking with english and the teacher washed his mouth with a bar of soup. Also Ned wanted to join the military and fight for his country. Ned never gave up trying to convince his parents to let him. And even in intense training Ned still prevailed. Overall Ned's will to succeed allowed him to help his country win a war.
Kii Yazhi, otherwise known as Ned Begay, was a very strong, wholehearted Navajo. When he first started to go to school with the other white children, he was scared, but he toughed it out even though they took away all of his lovely things from home. He didn't live the best life there, with all the white teachers forcing him to work, and washing out his mouth with soap whenever he spoke navajo. But even though the punishments were horrible, he kept talking navajo in secret, and that made me feel strong right along with him. The whole time he was there he was silently fighting back. And that fared well for him when the white men came looking for recruits for the war that could speak fluently in english and navajo. I especially loved how he was willing to take such a big risk in order to protect all the white people who were mean to him, but God does say to love and care for your enemies, plus he was protecting the navajo too. Overall, Ned Begay had a strong soul and a strong heart and thats what protected him against the enemy.
Kii Yazhi, otherwise known as Ned Begay, was a very strong, wholehearted Navajo. When he first started to go to school with the other white children, he was scared, but he toughed it out even though they took away all of his lovely things from home. He didn't live the best life there, with all the white teachers forcing him to work, and washing out his mouth with soap whenever he spoke navajo. But even though the punishments were horrible, he kept talking navajo in secret, and that made me feel strong right along with him. The whole time he was there he was silently fighting back. And that fared well for him when the white men came looking for recruits for the war that could speak fluently in english and navajo. I especially loved how he was willing to take such a big risk in order to protect all the white people who were mean to him, but God does say to love and care for your enemies, plus he was protecting the navajo too. Overall, Ned Begay had a strong soul and a strong heart and thats what protected him against the enemy.
The Navajos were very important to the United States in war even though we haven't given them as much credit as we should be giving them. The Navajo code talkers are Navajos who go into war and use their special language to communicate so the opponents don't understand it. If we didn't have the Navajos to translate the messages we probably wouldn't have as good as a result as we did. I feel that the Navajo code talkers played a big roll when we were at war.
This book showed how the Navajos were important to the war, and how people thought of them before and after the war. Before the war, they were brought to a school and looked down upon. They were not allowed to wear Navajo clothes, speak the Navajo language, and do anything the Navajo way that they were used to. When the war started, however, Navajos were very important to the military. They were able to use their old Navajo language to talk in code, and help win the war. After the war, people looked up to the Navajos, and admired them for their courage. What I learned from this book was to not judge people by their race.
I thought this author showed very well how the navajos where discriminated on my the whites. Like when at first the would not let navajos in to the army because they where "not good enough". Or when in the first day at the school you got yelled at because you were not white. Also at the school when they would speak a little navajo they would be whipped and heated. The author did a great job portraying how hard it was.
I think one of the main themes in this book was family. I think it is family because of how Ned's parents would pray for him to be safe during the war and how he did the ceremony for them before he went into the war. They would always want the best for him and that was a reason they made him go to boarding school. But the reason I really think it is about family is not about his actual family, but the family he made during the war with his marine friends, like Georgia boy and Smitty. They are all friends and have been together for a long time. They had to go through a lot of things during the war that had brought them closer. Also, they watched over Ned to make sure he was safe during the war and not mistaken as an enemy. I think they were all a family, them three and the rest of the marines. That is why I think family is one of the themes.
This book was very good. However, I had a few problems with what the book was about (a Najavo Code Talker) and what really happened. While I realize and learned how important this was for the WWII marines going against the Japanese to use this code and how the Navajos helped develop it, the story I got was more about a marine, fighting through the archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean. While it wasn't the inspiring story of a code talker, the story was inspiring in it's own right. All in all, if the writer was aiming more on just telling the story of a soldier fighting in World War Two, as well as the hardships, the sicknesses, the ruthlessness of the Japanese and the Japanese plans of literally suicide attacks to advance the Japanese conquest-then I would have no problems with the book, even if the main character was a Navajo code talker. However, as the main focus of the book I realize this was a great day for Ned Begay as he got accepted in to the Marines and working with his comrades, and eventually, his friends- who were also his comrades. I also realize that this was a big leap in closing the racial aspect. At the end of the day, I feel that the author focused less on the whole code talker aspect then the title would have me think, and more on the soldier man concept.
very interesting point you bring up. I agree it is much about the fight in the Pacific. However, the experience of being a codetalker was being at war, so it is hard to separate the two.
This book was very good. However, I had a few problems with what the book was about (a Najavo Code Talker) and what really happened. While I realize and learned how important this was for the WWII marines going against the Japanese to use this code and how the Navajos helped develop it, the story I got was more about a marine, fighting through the archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean. While it wasn't the inspiring story of a code talker, the story was inspiring in it's own right. All in all, if the writer was aiming more on just telling the story of a soldier fighting in World War Two, as well as the hardships, the sicknesses, the ruthlessness of the Japanese and the Japanese plans of literally suicide attacks to advance the Japanese conquest-then I would have no problems with the book, even if the main character was a Navajo code talker. However, as the main focus of the book I realize this was a great day for Ned Begay as he got accepted in to the Marines and working with his comrades, and eventually, his friends- who were also his comrades. I also realize that this was a big leap in closing the racial aspect. At the end of the day, I feel that the author focused less on the whole code talker aspect then the title would have me think, and more on the soldier man concept.
I really enjoyed reading Code Talker over the summer. One of things that I took away from this book was how being different can be good, and how even though it may start out harder, it will take you places other don't go. The WWII marines looked for people who were different to help them in their cause. Because when you are different you have abilities that nobody else has because you have done things nobody else has. And as Ned Begay proved in the end of the story when he ignored the racist man who didn't allow him to get a drink it humbles people to be different.
I really liked this book, because it gives you insight to what it's like to be in a war on the front lines even though the author covered up the gore with humor between Ned Begay and his platoon mates. When he went to the boarding school at age 6, I felt bad, because he had no idea what he was walking into, what with all the "no speaking navajo" thing they had going at the school. I thought it was especially preposterous when they took his fancy traditional clothing and cut off his long hair. Kii Yazhi showed much character when he was assigned the duty of "Code Talker" in WWII, and took on his job with grim determination, that quickly became humor as he befriended "Georgia Boy", and "Smitty". Also, Ned Begay has my same birthday!! Throughout all of the fighting, Ned Begay continued to transmit and decipher messages to help America to win the war. If there was one thing that I took from this book, it would be that in all grim situations, there is always a good side and some people will always be on the happy side of life no matter where you are. When they took back over Hawaii, many natives would come out and feed and water the marines as thanks for helping them take back their homes. Most of them never even flinched when a bomb was dropped a few hundred yards away. They all seemed friendly and caring, after all they'd been through. At the end of this book, the marines and I realized that the Japanese were fighting for their homeland and country, and they were just like all the marines who fought against them, instead of the monsters that Ned and his friends imagined them to be.
I really liked this book, because it gives you insight to what it's like to be in a war on the front lines even though the author covered up the gore with humor between Ned Begay and his platoon mates. When he went to the boarding school at age 6, I felt bad, because he had no idea what he was walking into, what with all the "no speaking navajo" thing they had going at the school. I thought it was especially preposterous when they took his fancy traditional clothing and cut off his long hair. Kii Yazhi showed much character when he was assigned the duty of "Code Talker" in WWII, and took on his job with grim determination, that quickly became humor as he befriended "Georgia Boy", and "Smitty". Also, Ned Begay has my same birthday!! Throughout all of the fighting, Ned Begay continued to transmit and decipher messages to help America to win the war. If there was one thing that I took from this book, it would be that in all grim situations, there is always a good side and some people will always be on the happy side of life no matter where you are. When they took back over Hawaii, many natives would come out and feed and water the marines as thanks for helping them take back their homes. Most of them never even flinched when a bomb was dropped a few hundred yards away. They all seemed friendly and caring, after all they'd been through. At the end of this book, the marines and I realized that the Japanese were fighting for their homeland and country, and they were just like all the marines who fought against them, instead of the monsters that Ned and his friends imagined them to be.
I enjoyed the book and I liked the story line and all the descriptive writing for instance like when the author describes all the jewelries and the ornaments that ned begay and his family members wore. I honestly didn't know much about the Navajo code talkers and their big role in WW2 and it was really cool to see the WW in a different and special point of view. It was also more convincing because it was a real life story. The beginning of the story started out hard for ned begay when he left for a white boarding school far away from his family and learn about a culture he didn't understand and which he wasn't really interested in. He also faces racial discrimination between the native Americans and the whites also at time because they had a bad relationship. But as the Japanese attack pearl harbor and provoke a war, he learns one day when an army officer comes to his town to recruit Navajo speaking people that also can speak English to be the secret code talkers to make codes that the enemy couldn't understand. The climax, I think which is when Ned makes it into the group of code talkers and is started to be respected by people more, was pretty interesting because it kinda shows how people respect you more for what you do for them, more than for who you are, which I see as an issue in the book where the author could have tried to point out. The book also made me understand that learning other peoples culture and language can be really helpful some day in your life.
Code talker was a pretty good book about the navajos and their role in world war II. They knew how to speak navajo and english fluently making them a key part in the war. The navajo had been treated badly in school and when they spoke in navajo they were forced to clean their mouths with soap. This made the navajo have to speak english fluently. The navajo were not given much credit for their actions and I had never evan heard about them until this book.
Codetalker took a couple of chapters for me to get into it, but once I understood the
ReplyDeletecharacters it went pretty quick. Overall, it gave me a new look into world war II.
Codetalker took a couple of chapters for me to get into it, but once I understood the
ReplyDeletecharacters it went pretty quick. Overall, it gave me a new look into world war II.
Ned Begay, was a character who lived through a lot of intense things including one of the worst wars in U.S.A history. He was unable to swim and was tossed into a pool. However he was so brave he did not flip out. He Walked across the bottom of the pool. His desire to liv3e and to make something in the world was huge./
ReplyDeleteA theme in this book I was able to find was never giving up. Ned went through struggles at boarding school like mean teachers and being abused when he did something wrong. He talked in his native language by mistake when he was supposed to be talking with english and the teacher washed his mouth with a bar of soup. Also Ned wanted to join the military and fight for his country. Ned never gave up trying to convince his parents to let him. And even in intense training Ned still prevailed. Overall Ned's will to succeed allowed him to help his country win a war.
ReplyDeleteA theme in this book I was able to find was never giving up. Ned went through struggles at boarding school like mean teachers and being abused when he did something wrong. He talked in his native language by mistake when he was supposed to be talking with english and the teacher washed his mouth with a bar of soup. Also Ned wanted to join the military and fight for his country. Ned never gave up trying to convince his parents to let him. And even in intense training Ned still prevailed. Overall Ned's will to succeed allowed him to help his country win a war.
ReplyDeleteA theme in this book I was able to find was never giving up. Ned went through struggles at boarding school like mean teachers and being abused when he did something wrong. He talked in his native language by mistake when he was supposed to be talking with english and the teacher washed his mouth with a bar of soup. Also Ned wanted to join the military and fight for his country. Ned never gave up trying to convince his parents to let him. And even in intense training Ned still prevailed. Overall Ned's will to succeed allowed him to help his country win a war.
ReplyDeleteA theme in this book I was able to find was never giving up. Ned went through struggles at boarding school like mean teachers and being abused when he did something wrong. He talked in his native language by mistake when he was supposed to be talking with english and the teacher washed his mouth with a bar of soup. Also Ned wanted to join the military and fight for his country. Ned never gave up trying to convince his parents to let him. And even in intense training Ned still prevailed. Overall Ned's will to succeed allowed him to help his country win a war.
ReplyDeleteKii Yazhi, otherwise known as Ned Begay, was a very strong, wholehearted Navajo. When he first started to go to school with the other white children, he was scared, but he toughed it out even though they took away all of his lovely things from home. He didn't live the best life there, with all the white teachers forcing him to work, and washing out his mouth with soap whenever he spoke navajo. But even though the punishments were horrible, he kept talking navajo in secret, and that made me feel strong right along with him. The whole time he was there he was silently fighting back. And that fared well for him when the white men came looking for recruits for the war that could speak fluently in english and navajo. I especially loved how he was willing to take such a big risk in order to protect all the white people who were mean to him, but God does say to love and care for your enemies, plus he was protecting the navajo too. Overall, Ned Begay had a strong soul and a strong heart and thats what protected him against the enemy.
ReplyDeleteKii Yazhi, otherwise known as Ned Begay, was a very strong, wholehearted Navajo. When he first started to go to school with the other white children, he was scared, but he toughed it out even though they took away all of his lovely things from home. He didn't live the best life there, with all the white teachers forcing him to work, and washing out his mouth with soap whenever he spoke navajo. But even though the punishments were horrible, he kept talking navajo in secret, and that made me feel strong right along with him. The whole time he was there he was silently fighting back. And that fared well for him when the white men came looking for recruits for the war that could speak fluently in english and navajo. I especially loved how he was willing to take such a big risk in order to protect all the white people who were mean to him, but God does say to love and care for your enemies, plus he was protecting the navajo too. Overall, Ned Begay had a strong soul and a strong heart and thats what protected him against the enemy.
ReplyDeleteThe Navajos were very important to the United States in war even though we haven't given them as much credit as we should be giving them. The Navajo code talkers are Navajos who go into war and use their special language to communicate so the opponents don't understand it. If we didn't have the Navajos to translate the messages we probably wouldn't have as good as a result as we did. I feel that the Navajo code talkers played a big roll when we were at war.
ReplyDeleteThis book showed how the Navajos were important to the war, and how people thought of them before and after the war. Before the war, they were brought to a school and looked down upon. They were not allowed to wear Navajo clothes, speak the Navajo language, and do anything the Navajo way that they were used to. When the war started, however, Navajos were very important to the military. They were able to use their old Navajo language to talk in code, and help win the war. After the war, people looked up to the Navajos, and admired them for their courage. What I learned from this book was to not judge people by their race.
ReplyDeleteI thought this author showed very well how the navajos where discriminated on my the whites. Like when at first the would not let navajos in to the army because they where "not good enough". Or when in the first day at the school you got yelled at because you were not white. Also at the school when they would speak a little navajo they would be whipped and heated. The author did a great job portraying how hard it was.
ReplyDeleteI think one of the main themes in this book was family. I think it is family because of how Ned's parents would pray for him to be safe during the war and how he did the ceremony for them before he went into the war. They would always want the best for him and that was a reason they made him go to boarding school. But the reason I really think it is about family is not about his actual family, but the family he made during the war with his marine friends, like Georgia boy and Smitty. They are all friends and have been together for a long time. They had to go through a lot of things during the war that had brought them closer. Also, they watched over Ned to make sure he was safe during the war and not mistaken as an enemy. I think they were all a family, them three and the rest of the marines. That is why I think family is one of the themes.
ReplyDeleteThis book was very good. However, I had a few problems with what the book was about (a Najavo Code Talker) and what really happened. While I realize and learned how important this was for the WWII marines going against the Japanese to use this code and how the Navajos helped develop it, the story I got was more about a marine, fighting through the archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean. While it wasn't the inspiring story of a code talker, the story was inspiring in it's own right. All in all, if the writer was aiming more on just telling the story of a soldier fighting in World War Two, as well as the hardships, the sicknesses, the ruthlessness of the Japanese and the Japanese plans of literally suicide attacks to advance the Japanese conquest-then I would have no problems with the book, even if the main character was a Navajo code talker. However, as the main focus of the book I realize this was a great day for Ned Begay as he got accepted in to the Marines and working with his comrades, and eventually, his friends- who were also his comrades. I also realize that this was a big leap in closing the racial aspect. At the end of the day, I feel that the author focused less on the whole code talker aspect then the title would have me think, and more on the soldier man concept.
ReplyDeletevery interesting point you bring up. I agree it is much about the fight in the Pacific. However, the experience of being a codetalker was being at war, so it is hard to separate the two.
DeleteThis book was very good. However, I had a few problems with what the book was about (a Najavo Code Talker) and what really happened. While I realize and learned how important this was for the WWII marines going against the Japanese to use this code and how the Navajos helped develop it, the story I got was more about a marine, fighting through the archipelagos of the Pacific Ocean. While it wasn't the inspiring story of a code talker, the story was inspiring in it's own right. All in all, if the writer was aiming more on just telling the story of a soldier fighting in World War Two, as well as the hardships, the sicknesses, the ruthlessness of the Japanese and the Japanese plans of literally suicide attacks to advance the Japanese conquest-then I would have no problems with the book, even if the main character was a Navajo code talker. However, as the main focus of the book I realize this was a great day for Ned Begay as he got accepted in to the Marines and working with his comrades, and eventually, his friends- who were also his comrades. I also realize that this was a big leap in closing the racial aspect. At the end of the day, I feel that the author focused less on the whole code talker aspect then the title would have me think, and more on the soldier man concept.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed reading Code Talker over the summer. One of things that I took away from this book was how being different can be good, and how even though it may start out harder, it will take you places other don't go. The WWII marines looked for people who were different to help them in their cause. Because when you are different you have abilities that nobody else has because you have done things nobody else has. And as Ned Begay proved in the end of the story when he ignored the racist man who didn't allow him to get a drink it humbles people to be different.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this book, because it gives you insight to what it's like to be in a war on the front lines even though the author covered up the gore with humor between Ned Begay and his platoon mates. When he went to the boarding school at age 6, I felt bad, because he had no idea what he was walking into, what with all the "no speaking navajo" thing they had going at the school. I thought it was especially preposterous when they took his fancy traditional clothing and cut off his long hair. Kii Yazhi showed much character when he was assigned the duty of "Code Talker" in WWII, and took on his job with grim determination, that quickly became humor as he befriended "Georgia Boy", and "Smitty". Also, Ned Begay has my same birthday!! Throughout all of the fighting, Ned Begay continued to transmit and decipher messages to help America to win the war. If there was one thing that I took from this book, it would be that in all grim situations, there is always a good side and some people will always be on the happy side of life no matter where you are. When they took back over Hawaii, many natives would come out and feed and water the marines as thanks for helping them take back their homes. Most of them never even flinched when a bomb was dropped a few hundred yards away. They all seemed friendly and caring, after all they'd been through. At the end of this book, the marines and I realized that the Japanese were fighting for their homeland and country, and they were just like all the marines who fought against them, instead of the monsters that Ned and his friends imagined them to be.
ReplyDeleteI really liked this book, because it gives you insight to what it's like to be in a war on the front lines even though the author covered up the gore with humor between Ned Begay and his platoon mates. When he went to the boarding school at age 6, I felt bad, because he had no idea what he was walking into, what with all the "no speaking navajo" thing they had going at the school. I thought it was especially preposterous when they took his fancy traditional clothing and cut off his long hair. Kii Yazhi showed much character when he was assigned the duty of "Code Talker" in WWII, and took on his job with grim determination, that quickly became humor as he befriended "Georgia Boy", and "Smitty". Also, Ned Begay has my same birthday!! Throughout all of the fighting, Ned Begay continued to transmit and decipher messages to help America to win the war. If there was one thing that I took from this book, it would be that in all grim situations, there is always a good side and some people will always be on the happy side of life no matter where you are. When they took back over Hawaii, many natives would come out and feed and water the marines as thanks for helping them take back their homes. Most of them never even flinched when a bomb was dropped a few hundred yards away. They all seemed friendly and caring, after all they'd been through. At the end of this book, the marines and I realized that the Japanese were fighting for their homeland and country, and they were just like all the marines who fought against them, instead of the monsters that Ned and his friends imagined them to be.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed the book and I liked the story line and all the descriptive writing for instance like when the author describes all the jewelries and the ornaments that ned begay and his family members wore. I honestly didn't know much about the Navajo code talkers and their big role in WW2 and it was really cool to see the WW in a different and special point of view. It was also more convincing because it was a real life story. The beginning of the story started out hard for ned begay when he left for a white boarding school far away from his family and learn about a culture he didn't understand and which he wasn't really interested in. He also faces racial discrimination between the native Americans and the whites also at time because they had a bad relationship. But as the Japanese attack pearl harbor and provoke a war, he learns one day when an army officer comes to his town to recruit Navajo speaking people that also can speak English to be the secret code talkers to make codes that the enemy couldn't understand. The climax, I think which is when Ned makes it into the group of code talkers and is started to be respected by people more, was pretty interesting because it kinda shows how people respect you more for what you do for them, more than for who you are, which I see as an issue in the book where the author could have tried to point out. The book also made me understand that learning other peoples culture and language can be really helpful some day in your life.
ReplyDeleteCode talker was a pretty good book about the navajos and their role in world war II. They knew how to speak navajo and english fluently making them a key part in the war. The navajo had been treated badly in school and when they spoke in navajo they were forced to clean their mouths with soap. This made the navajo have to speak english fluently. The navajo were not given much credit for their actions and I had never evan heard about them until this book.
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