Joes Duty

Authors Note: In this piece I worked on character development and word choice again

In, Sunrise Over Fallujah by Walter Myers, Joe the main character is a young 18 year old teen living in 2000. He lived in the bad side of town and grew up with no dad. He thought he was the big shot in town. But truth was he wasn’t.  It was 2001 now on September 11 and he was looking at the Twin Towers wondering what it was like to work there. Then out of nowhere a jet came and crashed right into the tower. For him that wasn’t a big deal because he hated this world but after a few minutes another came and crashed. That’s when something inside him just popped . He had enough of these terrorists in the world he wanted it to change. The only reason he wanted terrorists dead is because his  dad died by a bomb planted in the subway under the Towers. A year later he was in the Seals on Team 5, training and working hard. One day on a mission in Afghanistan they were going to a tunnel that they believed had one of their most wanted subjects in it. While they were entering the tunnel, a gigantic bomb blew up and killed, his best friend on the squad. He couldn't believe it, this always happened with is family. This was basically the turning point of his whole attitude. He was no longer the arrogant, man he once used to be. Everything that happened in the war, changed him to a completely different person. All through the war, he lost his best friend, knew that he could die any second and was held hostage. Obviously, he had to shape up to a grown, mature man that he now is.