Hero Like No Other

A soldier is…..
Someone who stands up for others rights,
Someone who fight for the good of the country,
Someone who builds a wall of trust within a nation,
Someone who works hard every day so we can be safe,
A soldier is, a Hero like no other.

A soldier is…..
Someone who doesn’t complain and follows orders,
Someone who can be as violent as cobra or as quiet mouse,
Someone who can strike or help when needed,
Someone who won’t back down from duty,

A soldier is, a Hero like no other.

Day 8

I used to think a soldier was someone who was recruited by the army, I used to think a soldier was someone who wasn’t scared to fire a gun, I used to think a soldier was someone who went to war and gave it their best win or lose. But now I know better I now soldier doesn’t have to wield weapon or kill a person, but they can be someone who teaches you about what’s going on. Soldiers don’t have to kill to be good, that is what I learned they can just help someone. Before this experience I thought war was all about killing people, yet now I see war is about preparation and fighting for what you believe no matter what or who gets in your way. The war has thought me lots of things about life like how valuable it is and how easily it can be taken away from by a gun. I also learned that if you believe in yourself you can make it for example I never thought I would be able to fight without Lolo or Nacio by my side but I still did, I also didn’t think I could save someone life like I did with Juan if anything I thought I would be the one to shoot him, and even after saving his life I didn’t need anyone to now cause saving a life is my job as soldier. Because that’s what I am now a soldier someone who fights for the rights of others.

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Day 7

Knowing there’s going to be war tomorrow scares me, what if ‘m not ready, what if just freeze, what if I hit one of our own soldiers? All these things and more dashed through my head in an instant. There are so many outcomes and only a few are favorable, how the war ends could depend on me and that scares me. I wish I was as good as Juan or as Whistler, they don’t seem to be scared of anything, yet again they have had more experience than me at doing this. Looking back at all those days of training I wonder if it is enough to defeat an army of better equipped and trained loyalist I mean after all I’m just a kid, you can call me revolutionary, you can call me a soldier but the truth is underneath it all I’m just Uno a scared little kid. I honestly never thought if come to this I knew the minute I was taken by the revolutionary I would go to war, but I always pictured myself escaping before it began, I thought that by now I would be back at home with Concepcion, mom and the babies, I thought I would be running around or packing bananas with Lolo and Ignacio. But no now I’m to fight for the revolution and as frightened as I am I don’t think I have gone too far to give up. They you only have one chance in life to stand out, well my chance is about to come and whether I take it or not I know it was the right decision.

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Day 5

There are no words to describe the amount of people killed by the loyalist at the village we went by today. The loyalist never gave them a chance, they came in took what they needed and then they slaughtered the villagers. Luckily a girl called Magdalena and her brother Manolete survived the attack, but was it really worth it after losing their family and friends? What did surprise was that woman Mrs. Carter why was she here? But I’m glad she was here to take care of Magdalena and baby Manolete after the attack. Before this I wondered how Juan and Esteban could hate the Loyalist so much and how could they want to kill them. But now I see what they feel they want this to stop and so do I, and that what makes me a solider now. Yet even though I hate the Loyalist so much, do I have what it takes to kill one if I had the chance to, I know Juan and Esteban will, and maybe Lolo and Ignacio would too, but can I? After seeing the village in those conditions I hate the loyalist more than ever but won’t killing one take me down to their level killing people in cold blood, or will it make me a hero bring revenge to people like Magdalena and Manolete. Well the only thing that’s clear is that I’m a soldier and no matter who I kill or why I do it I will always be Revolutionary whether I like it or not .

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Day 2

It’s only my second day here and I already feel people are trying to kill me, especially Juan. I just don’t understand why we do this, captain Mendoza says it’s for the good of the country and its people but I’m a member of this country and so is my family and the people that are killed in the raids and the war, and I don’t see how this war has helped any of them all its done is spilled the blood of the people the war is meant to protect. The war isn’t going to change much if changes anything at all, no matter what you do the rich people will always own the land and the poor workers will always starve, you can’t do anything about it. So then why are we fighting? Is it because we want to give hope to the people? Or are we just trying to make this country a better place, no matter the consequences? And if we do win will it really change things, or will the government still be as corrupt, and the only difference the war makes is what side of the war you’re on now, cause no matter who is in charge someone always dislikes his ideas, and is willing to put his and others lives at risk to make his point heard. Our country is going through their forty-third revolution, and how many more will it go through for someone to realize the bloodshed isn’t worth it.

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Day 1

God says everything happens for a reason, so why then was I taken away from my family by the revolutionaries. This morning I was just an ordinary campesino cutting cane and packing bananas in a small town, but now I’m a soldier of the revolution fighting for cause I don’t know about. We all knew this day would come we just didn’t want to admit it, but now that it has come we have no choice but to go with it and try not to get ourselves killed.

When we arrived at the camp I couldn’t help being scared, not knowing what awaits me and the others ahead. Lolo, me and Ignacio decided to stick together at all cost and to attempt an escape when the opportunity came, but for that we needed to know how the fortress was run, who was in charge and where the gates were, that’s how we met Esteban Morales. He seemed my age so I went ahead and tried to start a conversation while we ate, I tried to act friendly and see if he wanted to get out of here and see his family like we did, so I asked about them. He told me about his brothers and his mother being killed by loyalist, I expected to see sorrow in his face but all I could find was pain and anger, but what came next was worse, he told me his father was recruited by the loyalist and that he had died fighting against the army we now form a part of, after that I expected the pain in his eyes to come back but this time there was only anger, but I don’t know if it was for the loyalist or for the revolutionaries. After seeing what the army did to Esteban I was scared to think what it would do to me.
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