The boys are found now in their first fight. Creeping through the jungle and they are scared to say the least. They are just now feeling the first effects of the drugs they took an hour before at camp. But they had now set themselves up for an ambush against the enemy and are waiting in the bush. Once upon them they opened fire explosions and gun fire going off in every direction which was terrifying for the boys. Ishamel begins to explain how he is unable to shoot and is in a state of paralysis but slowly comes back to reality also he watches on of his friends blow up and die on a tree stump. At that point the lieutenant yell to him to shoot and so he does. At this point he has now gotten his first taste of battle. They go on fighting for a couple hours and eventually drive them back. Then they gather ammo and weapons but leave the bodies which seems like an eerie thought. But now the boys have gotten their real first taste of war and are ready for more. Every battle from then on out seemed nonchalant and easier for the boys to execute and all they talked about was war. Its a sick society these boys have been thrown into and its a very scary thought that this still goes on in our world today
The book is at its climax where the boys are now fighting and actually in war. They dont care about anything else but drugs and killing now thats all they know and thats all they are going to know unless they get out...
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