Camping out in the Tent

The main character in "The Articles of War" is a boy called Heck. He is a farm boy from the Iowa and he was drafted in the year 1944 for war. He was shipped off to Omaha Beach for to train for the war. Heck was someone that works very hard, and doesn't complain much at all, so because of this, training didn't take long at all. Soon enough, Heck was ordered to ship out to Normandy, France. This is his very first assignment.



When he arrives in Normandy, the soldiers had to hurry and set up camp. I thought the tent was a good artifact because it is Heck's first mission and tents are rather important in war. In WWII home base was important because it supplies ammunition, food, and most important, soldiers. The tents supplied these items and this is why I have chosen the tent as a good artifact.

A tent to a soldier is like a home to someone that lives in a house. A tent is a relaxed place to be for the soldiers. After a hard fought battle a tent is a good place to be to relax, write, eat, or whatever the case may be. The streets of Normandy were filled with tents and the tents were full of soldiers.

Later in the story, I think that home base will be important because Heck has a very scared and nervous personality and I think Heck will run back to home base where his tent is at (his home). When the US is in Normandy, I think they will have to travel around the country and move their tent somewhere else.