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Write An Essay On The Book Riflema

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I chose this book because it seemed very interesting to me and have heard a lot of good things about this book. The book is about a British rifleman named Matthew Dodd during the Napoleonic Wars also known as the Peninsular War. During a fight with the French army he is cut off from his countryman. Rifleman Dodd gets stuck behind enemy lines and tries to stop the French from advancing. While doing this he is chased by French rifleman up a hill slope. He performs a hit-and-run tactic which is successful for him. But while in the tree line he meets a boy he calls “idiot” which tries to convince rifleman Dodd that he should stay with him because he knows where the villages are and can speak to the enemy. Later in the book he was able to regroup with his fellow countryman. At the end of the book …show more content…

He used this tactic while being chased up the hill side as well as when he was in the tree. Which in his case was very successful because he was alone and able to stay out of sight for most of the time. In this book I learned more about two leadership traits which are loyalty and courage. What I learned about loyalty is Rifleman Dodd stayed loyal to his mission even thou the chance for survive was very slim. He continued to push through and give it his all for his fellow countryman even though they were not there with him. For courage I learned that he must have a lot of courage to go up against a platoon of French rifleman and try to stop them from advancing while doing it by himself. There are many ways you can take the lessons in this book and implement them into today’s lifestyle. Sometimes in our life’s we just must do a “hit-and-run” and just hope everything works out for the best. Another lesson we could implement is loyalty and courage. You must have loyalty to your family, wife/husband, friends and to the Marine Corps. For all of them you must not cheat, lie, or steal from them and have their back whenever

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