Toby gone out of his mind he wants to kill a Yankee when he is a 11 years old. when he was playing the fife he did not know how to play it. he had spirit to play in front of the band.
I think Toby thinks that the war is going to be a great time. His parents must have no idea where he is. I have a feeling that he doesn't know any more about fighting than he does about playing the fife. He might have "spirit", he might have "boldness", and he might have "pluck" but he is probably might need more than one miracle. War is not a nice place.
Jonah back then it was almost every boy dreamed of war. Maybe not all of them want to kill a Yankee. I'm not a boy so I would not know but I think most did. Last year I read Mr,Lincolns drummer and those boys 10-17 wanted to go. Then a ten year old went as a musician. So Toby going as a musician is like that book. I predict that when he get his chance to kill a Yankee he's not gonna he said " I was 11 years old and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out.". I think like Willie in Mr,Lincolns drummer he will love to go home. What do you guys think?
I think he is a delusional silly fool because if he thinks he can last in the war when he is eleven he needs to rethink his life. He is so infected with determination that he will make up lies and embarrass himself to get in the army. He has a very strong and unusual perspective for a person his age. He obviously wants the Confederacy to win the war and the Union to die. His drivenness to kill a yankee led him to that perspective.
I wonder with Toby where that determination comes from. In other words, what happened to make him have such a strong passion to not only hurt someone but to kill them? Either he knows nothing about killing and/ or death or he has a deep hatred based on something that happened. I wonder if he will see that Yankees or Northerners are people with opinions and views just like him.
Brian I agree that it is scary to have Toby thinking he wants to kill somebody. I am not even 11 yet and I would never think of killing someone. I know if I knew Toby I would be so scared to be around him knowing he wants to kill a yankee. I think more than just Toby would want to kill someone back then because for them seeing their family in war they probably want to take a part in battle too.
I agree that Toy could get really, really hurt but it is his choice . I am going to back track with Mrs. Martin because I don't really understand. I learned that spectacles are eye glasses. Did you Know that?
I think he is silly but most boys dream of war. He thinks war is fun and games heres a quote that makes me think that. " I was 11 years old and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out." Being on a farm or sitting in a house is boring. If the thought of going seeing sights by joining the war. what do you think?
Because it matches what I was talking about. Toby going to war is what I was talking ot typeing about so I said why he wanted to go. Is that the anwser you wanted?
Toby's perspective on the War is very strange for a kid that is only 11 years old. He said that he want's to kill a yankee before the supply ran out. I have never met a 11 year old that wants to kill anything, let alone a person. I think that maybe his father was in the war before him and that might be why he wants to join too. When he told them he played a fife I thought he might run for it. But he said that,"It was the first miracle i'd ever seen," that makes me think that he made it in.
Good quote, shows that you are reading. More thought needed to explain why that quote is important for you as well as important for the rest of us. Make some connections, explain your ideas, put yourself in his shoes. All of those would help.
From what I see, 11 year olds can't keep track of their pencils, could you imagine one of them in a battle!
At the same time, I think of child-soldiers. They are trained to carry weapons and follow orders at a very young age. The horrors and devastation they see has life-long implications.
I am glad 11 and 12 year olds are not in battle situations.
I think that Toby's perspective on the war is very strong because he wants to kill a yankee at age eleven! I think that people in his family have had a strong opinion on the war and he led after them. I just think that he is a very courageous kid. He needed to find a way to kill a yankee or at least be in the war. When he found out that they need musicians to play while the march to battle. I
Avery, I think that what you said is true about his family having a very strong opinion about the war, but I think that he is crazy for wanting to kill someone. If his family always is talking about how they were in the war and that it was the most exciting and thrilling thing, he's going to hear that and then think that he is going to make it back alive, when he doesn't know that for sure. Yes he may be courageous but he isn't thinking before he actually goes through with it. If he needs to," kill a yankee before the supply runs out" then he is one crazy kid. He just thinks it is were he wants to be, which it might, but he isn't thinking it through.
Toby Boyce, courageous kid or silly fool? What is going on with Toby? What is his perspective on the Civil War? What led him to that perspective?
Toby wants to go to War, he says, " Give us Dixie." He wants to fight for the South.
Mr. Kelley's question about Toy being courageous or a silly fool is confusing to me. What do you mean? I think he was courageous because he wants to go to War. He wants to protect his home land.
Hey Falisha Toby does not say "Give Us Dixie" the sign up guy does here is the quote " A few minutes later the recruiter returned. He held out a fife. "Give us Dixie" he said" So the recruiter said "Give Us Dixie" Not Toby but he does say "Dixie" Thats all he says outloud. Also Falisha I think he thinks war is fun so he wants to go! In the the very first sentence " I was eleven years and and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out." I don't think he is going to war just to protect his home land I think he thinks war is fun. What do you think?
I totally agree with you brian. I think that he is so crazy that he would risk his life at 11. I think that he should re think what he is doing and go back home.
Toby Boyce's perspective on the civil war is that he thinks it's a good idea and as he said in the book "I was eleven years old and desperate to kill a yankee before the supply ran out." Toby wanted to join the war but he knew he would never pass for eighteen until he knew they needed musicians. He went to the army tent and tried out for the fife and got in for his spirit. Toby is maybe not the smartest but brave very brave.
I think Toby is a silly fool. Toby's perspective on the civil war is that he thinks it's great because like he said in the book"I was 11 years old and desperate to kill a yankee before the supply runs out". Toby wants to be in the war but he knows that he can't because he is to young and he will never pass for 18.
I think Toby is a fool. Toby's perspective on the civil war is that he thinks it's great because like he said in the book "I was eleven years old and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out". Toby wants to be in the war but he knows that he is to young , the guards will know that he is not eighteen and he will never pass for 18.
I think that Toby Boyce is both a silly fool and courages. He is courageous because he is only eleven and wants to go to war and when I think of going to war at this age I would think of it being a bad thing because at that age you are young and you would not actually be able to live your life. Toby just wants to go out and fight and kill yankees but could not but at least he got part of what he hoped for.
I think Toby is a fool. Because he wants to kill a Yankee before my ammo runs out. Here is what he said " I was 11 years old and desperate to kill a yankee before my supply runs out.
I knew he wanted to kill a yankee but I am confused was he tell me more, I do not understand Mrs. MMartin has not read it with me yet. We are going to red it next week .
His prospective of the war, when he got there he didn't like hat he was seeing. All he wanted to do was kill someone on the other side before they where all died.
Yes, so why did he want to kill someone or not? Remember he is a kid and doesn't understand about war. When he start to understand, he probably think he does NOT want to kill anyone. He will know now how war works.
I think that Toby is a fool because he wanted to kill one of the Yankees on the other teem so sense he is only 11 years old his only choice is to be in the band so he trys out and they ask him if he knows how to play a fife and he said yes but he didnt know how to play it and it sounded bad.
I think that you did pretty good on this. The only thing that isn't correct is that people didn't have teams back then. Other than that it looks great!
I think that Toby Boyce is a courageous kid, because he is going to war and he is only eleven years old. Toby's perspective about the civil war is that he is determined to kill a yankee. While they are traveling Toby fears for his life because a lot of the men had gotten drunk, and were doing some freaky things. That's why I think that Toby was courageous to go to war.
Eliza I do agree with you that Toby is courageous, I think it is kind of amazing that he went to the Civil War, for it is really dangerous.But why did Toby want to go to the Civil War, what made him go?
I think he is not a fool because he wanted to kill a Yankee and if we where him we would want to kill a Yankee as well. What is happing with toby is he wantes to be in the war but he is to young to go into the war so he joined the band but whene he got the songes he would not end at the same time and when he played a different song he would end first befor every one. Toby's perspective about the civil war is that he wantes to kill someone on the north side.
Well I think that Toby Boyce is a Silly Fool because he is only 11 and he wants to kill Yankee but the only way he can get into the war is by playing in the band....but the thing is, he plays the Fife an is terrible. That is why I think he is a Silly Fool.
I think Toby is a courageous kid because he got in front of all those people and made an attempt to play the fife. I also thinks that he thinks that the war is a fun place and he'll kill a Yankee and have fun while doing it. I think the newspaper led him to believe this because it just talks about the battle and not what the soldiers are feeling and what happens at camp.
I think he is a stupid fool yo he should learn he cold die or even kill someone else its a stupid idea yo he shouldn't do it if he dies he was just another kid in the band not much to say anything about. If he did die only his family and friends would miss him no one else. He has made stupid choices and shouldn't have done everything he has. He doesn't really know how to play fife and should quit before anything bad happens.
I agree that if Toby died, only his parents and friends would care and no one else. I also agree that he should not play the fife because if they know that he lied he would have to go back home.
Toby is a silly fool!He want' to kill a yankee at age 11.CRAZY!Toby knows he's not the right age. I can't come to think of why they let an 11 year old boy be in the army.In the band or not he is still just a kid.
Toby Boyce was a southerner and he wanted to kill him self a yankee, but he was to young to kill so he had to join the band and he says that he can play the fife so someone goes gets a fife and he has to plays it so he dose and he thinks that he plays good in his head but really out loud it bad and one kid covers his head because he is laughing so hard and so much he dos not want him to see.
I think Toby is a silly fool...I think that his mission to kill a yankee is far fetched. because he just wants to kill a yankee but he's to young to join. I think that his perspective on the war is fun like he just wants to kill a yankee so I think that he thinks it's all fun and games!
Toby is and 11 year old kid who wants to kill a Yankee. The only way he can get into the war is by playing in the band. He chose to play the Fife but when he played it people put their jackets over their heads to toby could not see them laughing. He played sooooo bad but he would do anything to get into the war and kill himself a Yankee.
I thinkToby Boyce is a silly fool but also courages because he wanted to go into war to kill a Yankee. But he is also a silly fool because he is 11 years old and he wants to go into the war where he can be killed. That's not a way to live a little 11 year old boys life. Another way she is courageous because he just wants to get into the war anyway that he can even if it is playing an instrument he has never played before.............. That's why I think Toby is a courageous and a silly fool.
I think that Toby has a lot of courage but is a fool at the same time to join a band at age eleven, he would be risking his life at such a young age, and this is all because he wants to kill a Yankee. I think that Toby's perspective on the war is that it is not that bad. Toby tried to play the fife but did not know how to play so some people laughed while he played. He practiced and practiced and soon got in to the band. The men were al lot older that him and got drunk.
Toby boyce could be a massive fool for wanting to kill the yankees and wanting to go to war . Or is he just a boy looking for something to do. I guess what toby doesn't see is that people get killed in the war its very dangerous for people especially kids. I think that toby has to much confidence in him. ((Thats probably the reason that he wanted to go to war and kill a yankee.)) No matter if he lives or dies he should know what he got himself into by just having to much confidence.
I think Toby Boyce has lost his marbles and will never find them ever again! If I was eleven I would want to learn origami or something, not murdering someone that you barely know. Toby's perspective on the Civil War is that he wants to fight but he doesn't exactly need to and have to. He really wants to fight because because his grandfather gave him some encouraging words, that got him pumped up to fight and kill.
I think he is a courageous kid. I think this because he didn't know what war really was like. He was influenced by what he thought war was like. Everyone knew it is a honor and a good thing to kill the enemy. Toby wanted to help out. Everyone also knew that there was a possibility that you would get killed in war, too. I believe that Toby knew all these things, but he still took the risk to help the Rebels. He just really wants to kill a Yankee. This was influenced by the people who recruited soldiers. They make war sound so glorious and amazing, when the truth is that it isn't really that. Using this image to entice future soldiers, the recruiters spread it. It eventually gets to children, too. This is where Toby's image came from.
I think Toby Boyce is not thinking what other people are thinking. For example the Yankees want to kill one of the Confederates and so Toby could get killed in the war. With his fife, Toby can't kill anything but he gets to be in the war. I think Toby Boyce should wait a couple of years before he kills somebody because eleven is too young to kill someone. I think he was exaggerating when he said "all Georgia had joined except me."
Brigid, you are right that he is exaggerating, His dad didn't to to the war either.I don"t think he should play the fife because he lied that he just wanted to play the fife. He wanted to kill a Yankee.
I think Toby Boyce is insane because he just wants to go to war to kill a Yankee . He needs to check in with himself and make sure he is doing the right thing. Toby says, "I was eleven years old and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out." I think eleven year old kids shouldn't be killing people because they are too young and there is a fifty percent chance that he will get killed in the war.
I think that Toby is just a little crazy that he wants to go to war at such a young age. Really the only reason why he wanted to join the army is because he wanted to kill himself a Yankee before they were all dead or runaway. But when he went to the recruiting station to join the recruitment office said he could only play an instrument so he decided to play the fife and he ended up practicing day in and day out. Then he got good enough to play in the band he went right in back and joined the band and he became one of the best in the band.
Mr. Kelley,s class he wasn,t talking about his ammo for a gun he was talking about the men in the Union and wanted to kill one but had to play an instrument to get in. NOT HIS AMMO ON HIS GUN!!! everyones post about him says about gun ammo and not the actual meaning abut the yankee supply so everyone it is ammo on people to kill from the Union!!
Toby gone out of his mind he wants to kill a Yankee when he is a 11 years old. when he was playing the fife he did not know how to play it. he had spirit to play in front of the band.
ReplyDeleteChris don't you mean "Toby has gone out of his mind.He wants to kill a Yankee. I really do agree that he had spirit to play at all
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DeleteI think Toby thinks that the war is going to be a great time. His parents must have no idea where he is. I have a feeling that he doesn't know any more about fighting than he does about playing the fife. He might have "spirit", he might have "boldness", and he might have "pluck" but he is probably might need more than one miracle. War is not a nice place.
DeleteI think that Toby is out of his mind! I mean what 11 year old wants t kill some one?!!
DeleteJonah back then it was almost every boy dreamed of war. Maybe not all of them want to kill a Yankee. I'm not a boy so I would not know but I think most did. Last year I read Mr,Lincolns drummer and those boys 10-17 wanted to go. Then a ten year old went as a musician. So Toby going as a musician is like that book. I predict that when he get his chance to kill a Yankee he's not gonna he said " I was 11 years old and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out.". I think like Willie in Mr,Lincolns drummer he will love to go home. What do you guys think?
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DeleteRachel, not every boy dreamed to go to war and die
DeleteHey Nicole, Mr.Kelley already asked.
DeleteToby Boyce's prospective on the war is join the band because he had the idea of going to the war and the band was the only way.
ReplyDeleteI agree because even if that was the only thing to do he was about a step away from being in the actual war.
DeleteI think he is a delusional silly fool because if he thinks he can last in the war when he is eleven he needs to rethink his life. He is so infected with determination that he will make up lies and embarrass himself to get in the army. He has a very strong and unusual perspective for a person his age. He obviously wants the Confederacy to win the war and the Union to die. His drivenness to kill a yankee led him to that perspective.
ReplyDeleteYea i agree 100% with you brian he is only eleven years old
DeleteHey Nick maybe put more in but I agree too but he is really brave you should give him credit.
DeleteI wonder with Toby where that determination comes from. In other words, what happened to make him have such a strong passion to not only hurt someone but to kill them? Either he knows nothing about killing and/ or death or he has a deep hatred based on something that happened. I wonder if he will see that Yankees or Northerners are people with opinions and views just like him.
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DeleteBrian I agree that it is scary to have Toby thinking he wants to kill somebody. I am not even 11 yet and I would never think of killing someone. I know if I knew Toby I would be so scared to be around him knowing he wants to kill a yankee. I think more than just Toby would want to kill someone back then because for them seeing their family in war they probably want to take a part in battle too.
DeleteI don't even know what he is thinking going to war when you are only eleven years old. He can die or get realy realy hurt.
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DeleteI agree with you!An 11 year old in a war he really is a fool.I can't imagine killing someone at 11 or any age.(Oh and nice job I liked your writing!)
DeleteI agree that Toy could get really, really hurt but it is his choice . I am going to back track with Mrs. Martin because I don't really understand. I learned that spectacles are eye glasses. Did you Know that?
Deleteactually he is a liar but a spirited heart and when he got that fife he believed he could play it even tho he was terribly horrible at it
ReplyDeleteYeah he did belive I think thats what keep him going.
DeleteBy the way he is not actually a total liar but I do agree that he had a spirited heart.
DeleteYour right.He has spirited I'll give him that.But still crazy.
DeleteHaha I agree with you Kyriona, He is spirited and pretty crazy! :D
DeleteI think he is silly but most boys dream of war. He thinks war is fun and games heres a quote that makes me think that. " I was 11 years old and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out." Being on a farm or sitting in a house is boring. If the thought of going seeing sights by joining the war. what do you think?
ReplyDeletewhy did you chose this quote ?
DeleteBecause it matches what I was talking about. Toby going to war is what I was talking ot typeing about so I said why he wanted to go. Is that the anwser you wanted?
Deletethank you because I did not understand that is why
DeleteOk I know you forget I told you when I posted it but I told you again. See ya Dragon pal
DeleteToby's perspective on the War is very strange for a kid that is only 11 years old. He said that he want's to kill a yankee before the supply ran out. I have never met a 11 year old that wants to kill anything, let alone a person. I think that maybe his father was in the war before him and that might be why he wants to join too. When he told them he played a fife I thought he might run for it. But he said that,"It was the first miracle i'd ever seen," that makes me think that he made it in.
ReplyDelete''I was eleven years old and I am desperate to kill a yankee before I run out of ammo.''
ReplyDeletemore would be nice. Anything else?
Deletehe was eleven years
DeleteIf they ran out of ammo they would get some from the dead
Deleteare you talking about you or Toby?? Good start but add more detail.
DeleteGood quote, shows that you are reading. More thought needed to explain why that quote is important for you as well as important for the rest of us. Make some connections, explain your ideas, put yourself in his shoes. All of those would help.
DeleteFrom what I see, 11 year olds can't keep track of their pencils, could you imagine one of them in a battle!
At the same time, I think of child-soldiers. They are trained to carry weapons and follow orders at a very young age. The horrors and devastation they see has life-long implications.
DeleteI am glad 11 and 12 year olds are not in battle situations.
I think that Toby's perspective on the war is very strong because he wants to kill a yankee at age eleven! I think that people in his family have had a strong opinion on the war and he led after them. I just think that he is a very courageous kid. He needed to find a way to kill a yankee or at least be in the war. When he found out that they need musicians to play while the march to battle. I
ReplyDeleteWhen the person says "play dixie" do you think that he new the song?
DeleteAvery, I think that what you said is true about his family having a very strong opinion about the war, but I think that he is crazy for wanting to kill someone. If his family always is talking about how they were in the war and that it was the most exciting and thrilling thing, he's going to hear that and then think that he is going to make it back alive, when he doesn't know that for sure. Yes he may be courageous but he isn't thinking before he actually goes through with it. If he needs to," kill a yankee before the supply runs out" then he is one crazy kid. He just thinks it is were he wants to be, which it might, but he isn't thinking it through.
DeleteToby Boyce, courageous kid or silly fool? What is going on with Toby? What is his perspective on the Civil War? What led him to that perspective?
ReplyDeleteToby wants to go to War, he says, " Give us Dixie." He wants to fight for the South.
Mr. Kelley's question about Toy being courageous or a silly fool is confusing to me. What do you mean? I think he was courageous because he wants to go to War. He wants to protect his home land.
Hey Falisha Toby does not say "Give Us Dixie" the sign up guy does here is the quote " A few minutes later the recruiter returned. He held out a fife. "Give us Dixie" he said" So the recruiter said "Give Us Dixie" Not Toby but he does say "Dixie" Thats all he says outloud. Also Falisha I think he thinks war is fun so he wants to go! In the the very first sentence " I was eleven years and and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out." I don't think he is going to war just to protect his home land I think he thinks war is fun. What do you think?
DeleteI totally agree with you brian. I think that he is so crazy that he would risk his life at 11. I think that he should re think what he is doing and go back home.
ReplyDeleteToby Boyce's perspective on the civil war is that he thinks it's a good idea and as he said in the book "I was eleven years old and desperate to kill a yankee before the supply ran out." Toby wanted to join the war but he knew he would never pass for eighteen until he knew they needed musicians. He went to the army tent and tried out for the fife and got in for his spirit.
ReplyDeleteToby is maybe not the smartest but brave very brave.
I think Toby is a silly fool. Toby's perspective on the civil war is that he thinks it's great because like he said in the book"I was 11 years old and desperate to kill a yankee before the supply runs out". Toby wants to be in the war but he knows that he can't because he is to young and he will never pass for 18.
ReplyDeleteI think Toby is a fool. Toby's perspective on the civil war is that he thinks it's great because like he said in the book "I was eleven years old and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out". Toby wants to be in the war but he knows that he is to young , the guards will know that he is not eighteen and he will never pass for 18.
ReplyDeleteYeah you are right Jacob. He might pass as an eighteen year old but that really depends on his appearance
DeleteI think that Toby Boyce is both a silly fool and courages. He is courageous because he is only eleven and wants to go to war and when I think of going to war at this age I would think of it being a bad thing because at that age you are young and you would not actually be able to live your life. Toby just wants to go out and fight and kill yankees but could not but at least he got part of what he hoped for.
ReplyDeleteI think Toby is a fool. Because he wants to kill a Yankee before my ammo runs out. Here is what he said " I was 11 years old and desperate to kill a yankee before my supply runs out.
ReplyDeleteNo he is not a fool, he has a right to kill because he is against yankee's and he is from the south
DeleteErika has a point i don't think he is a fool either!
DeleteWell Adam, I agree with you because he is only 11 and he is deprate to kill a Yankee
Deletehe is not kid crazy he is 11 and he don't know about much because he is a kid that is 11
DeleteI would not want to kill someone when I am 11 becaouse jail would be a bad place for me
ReplyDeleteChris in that moment at that time in that place......I don't think that he would go to Jail
DeleteI knew he wanted to kill a yankee but I am confused was he tell me more, I do not understand Mrs. MMartin has not read it with me yet. We are going to red it next week .
DeleteHis prospective of the war, when he got there he didn't like hat he was seeing. All he wanted to do was kill someone on the other side before they where all died.
ReplyDeleteYes, so why did he want to kill someone or not? Remember he is a kid and doesn't understand about war. When he start to understand, he probably think he does NOT want to kill anyone. He will know now how war works.
Deletegood job awesome .
DeleteI think that Toby is a fool because he wanted to kill one of the Yankees on the other teem so sense he is only 11 years old his only choice is to be in the band so he trys out and they ask him if he knows how to play a fife and he said yes but he didnt know how to play it and it sounded bad.
ReplyDeleteI think that you did pretty good on this. The only thing that isn't correct is that people didn't have teams back then. Other than that it looks great!
DeleteMackenzie I like your summary, and how you explained why he wanted to go to the War but what did he think of the war when he was in it?
DeleteI think that Toby Boyce is a courageous kid, because he is going to war and he is only eleven years old. Toby's perspective about the civil war is that he is determined to kill a yankee. While they are traveling Toby fears for his life because a lot of the men had gotten drunk, and were doing some freaky things. That's why I think that Toby was courageous to go to war.
ReplyDeleteNice job, I have nothing to say that you need to fix.
DeleteI agree but tell me more i do not under stand .
DeleteEliza I do agree with you that Toby is courageous, I think it is kind of amazing that he went to the Civil War, for it is really dangerous.But why did Toby want to go to the Civil War, what made him go?
DeleteI think he is not a fool because he wanted to kill a Yankee and if we where him we would want to kill a Yankee as well. What is happing with toby is he wantes to be in the war but he is to young to go into the war so he joined the band but whene he got the songes he would not end at the same time and when he played a different song he would end first befor every one. Toby's perspective about the civil war is that he wantes to kill someone on the north side.
ReplyDeleteYou spelt wants,songs,before and another wants wrong but other wise good job. Just check spelling.
DeleteWell I think that Toby Boyce is a Silly Fool because he is only 11 and he wants to kill Yankee but the only way he can get into the war is by playing in the band....but the thing is, he plays the Fife an is terrible. That is why I think he is a Silly Fool.
ReplyDeleteI think Toby is a courageous kid because he got in front of all those people and made an attempt to play the fife. I also thinks that he thinks that the war is a fun place and he'll kill a Yankee and have fun while doing it. I think the newspaper led him to believe this because it just talks about the battle and not what the soldiers are feeling and what happens at camp.
ReplyDeleteI am confused did he kill someone or not? I want to know more? I have not read him with Mrs.Martin.
ReplyDeleteno he did not kill he is only 11
DeleteI think he is a stupid fool yo he should learn he cold die or even kill someone else its a stupid idea yo he shouldn't do it if he dies he was just another kid in the band not much to say anything about. If he did die only his family and friends would miss him no one else. He has made stupid choices and shouldn't have done everything he has. He doesn't really know how to play fife and should quit before anything bad happens.
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DeleteI agree that if Toby died, only his parents and friends would care and no one else. I also agree that he should not play the fife because if they know that he lied he would have to go back home.
DeleteToby is a silly fool!He want' to kill a yankee at age 11.CRAZY!Toby knows he's not the right age. I can't come to think of why they let an 11 year old boy be in the army.In the band or not he is still just a kid.
ReplyDeleteI like your post! u really tell your voice!
Deletei like what yo said about him
DeleteToby Boyce was a southerner and he wanted to kill him self a yankee, but he was to young to kill so he had to join the band and he says that he can play the fife so someone goes gets a fife and he has to plays it so he dose and he thinks that he plays good in his head but really out loud it bad and one kid covers his head because he is laughing so hard and so much he dos not want him to see.
ReplyDeleteI like that but he wanted to kill a Yankee not him self and he is from the south so he would want to kill a Yankee.
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ReplyDeleteI think Toby is a silly fool...I think that his mission to kill a yankee is far fetched. because he just wants to kill a yankee but he's to young to join. I think that his perspective on the war is fun like he just wants to kill a yankee so I think that he thinks it's all fun and games!
ReplyDeleteI like the words...And you are probably right....that he thinks that the war is all fun and games!
DeleteToby is and 11 year old kid who wants to kill a Yankee. The only way he can get into the war is by playing in the band. He chose to play the Fife but when he played it people put their jackets over their heads to toby could not see them laughing. He played sooooo bad but he would do anything to get into the war and kill himself a Yankee.
ReplyDeleteI thinkToby Boyce is a silly fool but also courages because he wanted to go into war to kill a Yankee. But he is also a silly fool because he is 11 years old and he wants to go into the war where he can be killed. That's not a way to live a little 11 year old boys life. Another way she is courageous because he just wants to get into the war anyway that he can even if it is playing an instrument he has never played before..............
ReplyDeleteThat's why I think Toby is a courageous and a silly fool.
I agree Kenzie, He is pretty crazy to go into the war at age 11 and playing an intrument that he never played before.
DeleteI agree Kenzie, because Toby has never played the fife and he just wants to kill a Yankee!
DeleteToby boyce is 11 years old and he is desperate to kill a yankee, but is yet to know how horrible this war is!
ReplyDeleteI think that Toby has a lot of courage but is a fool at the same time to join a band at age eleven, he would be risking his life at such a young age, and this is all because he wants to kill a Yankee. I think that Toby's perspective on the war is that it is not that bad.
ReplyDeleteToby tried to play the fife but did not know how to play so some people laughed while he played. He practiced and practiced and soon got in to the band. The men were al lot older that him and got drunk.
Toby boyce could be a massive fool for wanting to kill the yankees and wanting to go to war . Or is he just a boy looking for something to do. I guess what toby doesn't see is that people get killed in the war its very dangerous for people especially kids. I think that toby has to much confidence in him. ((Thats probably the reason that he wanted to go to war and kill a yankee.)) No matter if he lives or dies he should know what he got himself into by just having to much confidence.
ReplyDeleteI think Toby Boyce has lost his marbles and will never find them ever again! If I was eleven I would want to learn origami or something, not murdering someone that you barely know. Toby's perspective on the Civil War is that he wants to fight but he doesn't exactly need to and have to. He really wants to fight because because his grandfather gave him some encouraging words, that got him pumped up to fight and kill.
ReplyDeleteI think he is a courageous kid. I think this because he didn't know what war really was like. He was influenced by what he thought war was like. Everyone knew it is a honor and a good thing to kill the enemy. Toby wanted to help out. Everyone also knew that there was a possibility that you would get killed in war, too. I believe that Toby knew all these things, but he still took the risk to help the Rebels. He just really wants to kill a Yankee. This was influenced by the people who recruited soldiers. They make war sound so glorious and amazing, when the truth is that it isn't really that. Using this image to entice future soldiers, the recruiters spread it. It eventually gets to children, too. This is where Toby's image came from.
ReplyDeleteI think he is a silly fool because he was wanting to go to war but they did not except him but he got stuck with the fife
ReplyDeleteI think Toby Boyce is not thinking what other people are thinking. For example the Yankees want to kill one of the Confederates and so Toby could get killed in the war. With his fife, Toby can't kill anything but he gets to be in the war. I think Toby Boyce should wait a couple of years before he kills somebody because eleven is too young to kill someone. I think he was exaggerating when he said "all Georgia had joined except me."
ReplyDeleteBrigid, you are right that he is exaggerating, His dad didn't to to the war either.I don"t think he should play the fife because he lied that he just wanted to play the fife. He wanted to kill a Yankee.
DeleteI think Toby Boyce is insane because he just wants to go to war to kill a Yankee . He needs to check in with himself and make sure he is doing the right thing. Toby says, "I was eleven years old and desperate to kill a Yankee before the supply ran out." I think eleven year old kids shouldn't be killing people because they are too young and there is a fifty percent chance that he will get killed in the war.
ReplyDeleteI think that Toby is just a little crazy that he wants to go to war at such a young age. Really the only reason why he wanted to join the army is because he wanted to kill himself a Yankee before they were all dead or runaway. But when he went to the recruiting station to join the recruitment office said he could only play an instrument so he decided to play the fife and he ended up practicing day in and day out. Then he got good enough to play in the band he went right in back and joined the band and he became one of the best in the band.
ReplyDeleteI would like to know more about what you think about Toby.But I do agree with you.
ReplyDeleteMr. Kelley,s class he wasn,t talking about his ammo for a gun he was talking about the men in the Union and wanted to kill one but had to play an instrument to get in. NOT HIS AMMO ON HIS GUN!!! everyones post about him says about gun ammo and not the actual meaning abut the yankee supply so everyone it is ammo on people to kill from the Union!!
ReplyDeletehe does not even have a gun yet
Deleteit seems that he is really mad about all the stuff that has happen and he really wants to kill a yankee before they died
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