Run!

Author's Note: I wrote this piece to Compare and Contrast the movie The Patriot and The book The Fighting Ground.

According to 1800runway.org over  50% of kids runaway. Some for good reasons and some for no reason at all. But for Jonathan in The Fighting Ground   By Avi it’s a different reason he ran away not because he hates his parents, not because he gets bullied. But instead to fight for his country the country he loves, the country he lives in, but also the country that he want to be independent. Through this story I will show you the comparisons between Jonathan and Gabriel in the movie The Patriot

Don’t go…..The first similarity I found was the both decided to runaway to war. In Jonathan scenario he was only thirteen and his father didn’t want him to go at all but he took his father’s  gun and ran. Although it wasn’t much different when Gabriel decided to run he was much older. But more importantly than that but Gabriel’s father Benjamin was a part of the French and Indian  war.  But still Benjamin still did not want Gabriel to go, because he knew how bad the war actually was.

Since Gabriel decided to run the father Benjamin decided to join the war too. The only reason he joined the war was to be by his son. This is different than Jonathan because Jonathan’s father never tried to catch him. We don’t really know why but he never did.  But when Benjamin met up with each other they ended up fighting together for the rest of the war. Things ended sadly though when Colonel William Tavington Stabbed Gabriel. Not only did he stab Gabriel but he also shot Gabriel’s brother Thomas and also burned down the church that Gabriel’s wife Anne was inside.

Lastly another crucial part to the two young men was how both of their families had to be split during the war and especially Gabriel’s family because their mother already had died. Then when their father left for war and their brother things were though. They went and lived with their mom’s sister. When Jonathan ran away the family was still together but it was hard for them as well because they knew that Jonathan might not come back alive.

In conclusion to all of the similarities and differences I have listed there are many more that I didn’t mention. I believe that what each one of these young men went through took a lot of courage and toughness. But thanks to people like Jonathan and Gabriel. Our country is now independent and free from the British.