Flags Of Our Fathers

Flags Of Our Fathers By James Bradley and Ron Powers

Purpose After the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor December 7th, 1941, America was brought to its knees, so the purpose of this book as to show America's sheer will, soon victory over Japan, and American patriotism. This picture is one of the most recognised military photos of all time. The author james Bradley Father fought in this battle and helped raised the flag.

Style of the book The author James Bradley uses a flashback strategy, to tell his dad's involvement in WWII. He uses pathos because war is very emotional. “A dream burned into my father's heart a clear, simple dream of returning to Wisconsin,” (his father didn’t want to fight in the war but he was a real patriot)

Audience The audience would be older people, or people who are interested in war or history, If your not really interested in that sort of thing then this book probably isn't for you. The is book also has a movie, but in my opinion the book goes into way better detail about each guy that raised the flag and the battle itself.

Effect Even though the author james bradley wasn't there I thought he did a good job at telling about what happened in the battle of Iwo Jima and what the 6 men when threw.

Final slide I over all enjoyed this book but the way it jumped round made it kind confusing at times but overall it was a good book, if you like history, and “war” books then this would be a good choice. One of my favorite quote from the book is “Listen to me, and follow my orders, and I’ll try to bring all of you back safely to your mothers.” -SGT Mike Strank