Thursday, January 29, 2009

Thursday/title:Code Talker, chapter 19 DO YOU HAVE A NAVAJO?/pgs:135-140,min:18

Ned was the one who gained most of the respect for the Navajos and he was really proud of himself. Even the Sargent put a note on the wall, it said that the Navajos really earned to be on every battalion to protect and sent out warnings from every were. Ned had to go back were ever one is at to share and learn more code that they had been making up, remember that the code is new and only started out with 265 words but now it had doubled. Ned had learned a lot. Ned had a chance to relax and enjoy the peace and some drank heavily to for get the war and what has happened and Ned was tempted to drink but he just drank a bottle of Coca-Cola.

Wednesday/title:Code Talker, chapter 18 On Bougainvill/pgs:120-134,min:21

Ned and his comrades had been force to take some pills that were huge and they tasted like mud that has been urinated on and the taste didn't come off for along time, it took hours s the awful taste would just to get some of the taste off, but they were for a good cause, it made the chance of having malaria small. Yes i don't know what malaria now. Ned had made a fun way to trick the sarge from them to not take the pill. All they did was that they put it in there mouth but when he left Ned would spit it out and through it behind the radio. But when the Sarge knew about this he made them drink a glass of water so it would wash down and then he would check, well that was the end of tricking the Sarge even though it was a lot of fun for them. When Ned was in training they would give him some supplies and they would give him some C-rations, that was some food in a can just in case a man got lost and was hungry. There was different types of rations, like D-rations that was a hard candy with sugar, chocolate and oats, there was also K-rations, they had a lot more in them some time even fruit drinks, toilet paper,peanuts, and chewing gum, they both had to be waterproof. There was more interesting things in the Japanese rations, like Japanese candies and stew and they had some writing in them but some through them away but some kept them as souvenirs. Later the Japanese knew that the Americans and Navajos were taking them away so they had some explosives on them so when some one picked up a knife or a rations some thing would blow up. When Ned found out he sent a message on the radio and then the Americans knew that the Navajos were easy to teach and that some were even better than them, so they had Navajos on every battalion and squad. Later on in the war like two days Ned received a note, it was from his parents back home, it said that they loved him and that they were praying that he wouldn't get hurt. Ned sent them some of his clothes so they could do that thing with the singer but there in his clothes he still is there. Ned was smiling at the P.S note in the bottom, it was from his little sister that she was asking him that when is she going to see him and that she wants to know all about his adventures.

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Tuesday/title:Code Talker, chapter 17 First Landing/pgs:113-119,min:15

Ned has been waiting in the war for some time now and the war had been on for a good time so it is time that he gets some action. He has been in his first war but he has friends to back him up. He has some experience in war and has killed some Japanese. Now Ned is at a island fighting the Japanese and they had made nicknames for many things, almost everything. The bombers were women and the fighters were men.

Monday, January 26, 2009

Monday/title:Code Talker, chapter 16 Bombarment/pgs:105-112,min:20

Ned had known the code for some time now, so it's time he puts it to some use. He has already know all the moves and maneuvers, so it's time to fight the enemy. It's it night and Ned was reunited with his friends from boot camp, war has a weird way of uniting people. No one could light a match and it was pitch black and if there was a bit of light, the enemy would open fire and they would be dead, so they had to be very careful. Ned had to wait for the war boats to arrive, but in the meanwhile they were having a conversation and some were singing so the time would pass by. The ships have arrived and they fired at the enemy but the solders remained still for they wouldn't get hit and the ships had to shoot the missiles so the Japanese would retreat but they have not, they were still, waiting to attack...

Sunday, January 25, 2009

Friday/title:Code Talker, chapter 14 The Enemies & chapter 15 Field Manuvers/pgs:95-104,min:23

Ned was thinking that he was going off to go fight monsters, not human beings.There was allot of bodies of the Japanese were left unburied and that was a fearfully thing for the Navajos to see. The traditions told them to avoid the of the ones who have died because sometimes a bad spirit remains around the body, if a person died in a Hogan, the Hogan would be abandoned forever. It was not easy for the Navajos to step over them and it was really hard to even be in the same foxhole for the whole night and they even had to touch the dead but it was their duty. The enemy had to do their duty too, one of their first duty was to fight until they had died, yep i don't like that nether. Even if they had been caught and had their gun taken away, they would still try to kill with a hidden knife. All they had was five rules in combat
1. Obey without question or hesitation.
2. Always take the offence.
3. Surprise the enemy when ever possible.
4. Never retreat.
5 Never surrender.
After Ned saw some of the Japanese that were taken prisoners, that most had been taken away from their homes to work for the army as laborers, later Ned figured out that the Japanese were not monsters at all, just human beings.
Ned had to go to more training, he had to walk all the way through the desert for miles and there were only 3 Navajos and the rest were Americans. Ever one was really tired and they only had one canteen of water so if they ran out they die. Ever one had finished their canteen by half way there but Ned and his friends had made it without any water and their canteens were full and not a drop drank but every one asked if they could have some water and even the Sargent asked and every one had collapsed so they made Ned and his friends go to the camp and to bring back a water truck. The secret was that they were drinking from the cacti that were all over the place but they never told and it was big fun because everyone was amazed that they didn't drink any water.

Thursday/title:Code Talker, chapter 13 Shipping Out To Hawaii/pgs:85-94,min19

Ned Begay had finished the code and now was being sent to Hawaii foe field maneuvering and some more training. Only three men stayed behind to teach the next class that was coming up but the previous teachers left to go fight. A men told Ned to look up, he looked up at the flag but the man told him o look at the sky and told him the it was always there on land or water, it was always there to protect them. As soon they reached the land Ned was assigned a cabin and Ned loved the food, all the white men got sick of it but the Navajos were getting seconds but the only thing they refused to eat was fish and there were so few animals but some Navajo men got used to it.

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

Wednesday/title:Code Talker, chapter 12 Learning The Code/min 20,pgs:76-84

Ned learned the Code but it took some time and hard work. He also learned some new thing that was to use a new gun and some moves to use while in close combat or in counter attack, he had to use the gun to hit the enemy or use the knife on the enemy. It took allot of time but he managed to accomplished the school of learning the code for the war. The best thing was that they let him talk Navajo but they didn't in his school. At the end of training, the Sargent told then that they had past the stuff and that they are ready to transport the code throughout the war. At night they dressed in Navajo and danced all night long and some white men even danced with then even if they don't know the steps and the words.

Tuesday, January 20, 2009

Tuesday/ title:Code Talker, chapter 11 Code School/pgs:68-75,min15

Ned is done with school and now had graduated from the 297th and now they have to go to a jail but the surprise was that they didn't get in trouble, it was another school but only for Navajos since they only knew that language. What surprised Ned was that the teachers were Navajo and there weren't any Navajo teachers. They made Ned and his mates translate words as fast as they could but the teachers wouldn't stop, they would keep a fast speed. That was to work on a code during the war so the Japanese couldn't understand since they both can listen to each other.

Friday/title:Code Talker, chapter 10 Boot Camp/pgs:57-67,min:18

Ned was sent to Boot Camp and there he endured many obstacles. First he had to cut off all of his hair but this time it was with a razor not scissors. Then Ned had to do some training the next day but first had to learn the leader and how to response and some men never holed a gun. The next day they had to do some long mile jogs and some White men finished really tired and some even through up but not the Navajos, they have already endured that stuff when taking the heard to the butcher or going to the trading post. The last thing they had to do was to learn how to swim, none of the Navajos knew how to swim. It was a real challenge and first they had o tie a blind fold and then the instructor would push them in, it was ether sink or swim but no one died. Ned was the last to swim because all he did was walk not swim. The most thing he like to do was to wrestle in one to one combat but he didn't like to fist fight, that made him fell naked.

Thurday/title:Code Talker, chapter 9 The Blessingway/Min:14,pgs:50-56

Ned has been patient to go to the war and his parents told him to wait a year but now a year has pasted and Ned cant wait to go. First Ned's parents arrange a song and a blessing so he wouldn't get hurt or worse. Ned and his parents wait foe the priest and he was a famous singer and good friends of his uncle. At the ceremony, Big School Boy was his name that everyone called him for respect, through some powder that was golden and gave some to Ned to through and it was to represent something. Ned was done at the ceremony so now it was time for Boot Camp.

Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Wednesday/title:Code Talker, chapter 8 New Recruits,min:18,pgs:45-49

Ned was told that the Marines was a tough job, that most people never even held a gun, and most did quit because it was two hard but not the Navajos, none of them quit because they already had the training from guarding the animals and they held guns to protect the animals and the Marines walked very far but the Navajos walked to far places to trade goods. Ned always wanted to go to war but he was never old enough but now he is 16 and can join them. Ned also heard rumors that some of the Navajo marines got secret jobs but they were never seen again. Ned can't wait for the next sign up.

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Tuesday/title:Code Talker, chapter 7 Navajos Wanted/min:13,pgs:38-44

Ned wanted to join the war but he was too young and he was 14 and he had to be at least 19 to join the Marines and fight, but Ned really wanted to go to war but he thought that it wouldn't last that long. The next year, the war was still on and the Americans needed help, so they got some Navajos to help, but they had to speak English well and be over aged. Ned had a chance to join because most of the Navajos weren't born in a hospital so they didn't have a birth certificate and in order for the Americans to know if some one was old enough to go to war, they would ask a relative. Ned hurried home to convince his parents to lie so he could go to war and help the country. Ned's parents asked him to go outside for a moment to discuss, Ned could hear but he didn't understand. After a discussion, They asked Ned to walk back inside and they told him that it was two dangerous for a 15 year old and that maybe he could go to the next sign up. Ned was really bummed but he was loyal to his parents command and went back to school.

Monday, January 12, 2009

Monday/title:Code Talker, chapter 5.High School & chapter 6. Sneak Attack/ min:15, pgs:28-38

Ned was invited to a high school that not very many go and it was better for Ned because it was closer and he was able to visit his younger brothers and sisters that were born while he was at school. School past by pretty quick for Ned, he was always interested in English and Social Studies. Ned never disobeyed or talk back, to the teachers he was a perfect little, obedient monkey. Only one time did Ned get caught when talking Navajo, he was caught by Mr.Straight. He had a pale face like a crescent moon and he had these small glasses that would fall of has nose and he would always push it back(every kid wanted them to fall off and hit the floor and brake). Ned never did like to speak up because he thought he might get embarrassed and make the other kids look dumber and then one day a teacher told him that he should. Ned always did return all the reports and he still remembers it. It was a report for the Japanese and that they were in trouble and that even that the Navajo were more poor but they were able to make two carts of canned goods but the Japanese didn't want it. After a year they started to invade the land around them and so did other countries. Another year again and the Japanese attacked America and every one hear it at the radio and Ned thinks that Navajo is next......... To be continued.

Friday, January 9, 2009

Friday/ title:Code Talker, chapter 4 Progress, TRADITION IS THE ENEMY OF PROGRESS/min:15,pgs:23-27

Ned was walking and then a teacher walks by so Ned, or Kii, greets him as the tradition is but as soon Ned had enough he trough him to the ground and a boy helped Ned up, it was Tommy Nez and he was the first boy that was befriended by Ned, and another boy helped that was named Jesse Chee. Ned now would never say any thing that is Navajo in order to avoid that again. Days turned into weeks and months into years, Ned had the best grade and still speaks Navajo when there arn't any teachers around. Ned learned many new things and that there are some kids that keep speaking Navajo that washing their mouths isn't enough, so there are some kids that get beaten by big, heavy sticks and there is one kid that was getting hit and the stick broke and that the kid was used to it that he didn't even cry. Ned will still learn hard of the Americans way but still remember that Navajo language, just in case it might come in handy.

Thursday/title:Code Talker,chapter 3,To Be Forgotten/min:18,pgs:19-22

Kii is standing and Mr. John Benally takes a group of kids including Kii and Kii is in the front of the line and two bigger Navajo boy grabbed Kii and sits him on a chair so another boy can cut off his hair. Mr. John told Kii that cutting you're hair is bad luck but the bilagaanaa, American, had other rules. Kii was led to another room but this room was divided to boys and girls and they had to sell their valuables and clothing to buy solder clothes and cab. The cap was big on Kii that it went over his eyes. The last place Kii had to go the Dene's office and there he would change the name of every student. The Dene was fond of the name of John so he gave it two 20 kids and their last names would be what he had heard. Kii was next, he told him his name, Kii Biye, then the Dene wrote something down and said that his name would now be Ned, after the Deen's Uncle, Begay.

Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Wednesday/title:Code Speaker,chapter 2 Boarding School/min:12,pgs:12-18

The journey to the school was so long that it took about three days. When Kii Yazhi arrived at the school, his uncle, as all the parents or relatives who took the kid to the school had to leave. The last thing Kii's uncle said was to remember, nothing else. He didn't even say goodbye, well maybe because there was no word in Navajo that meant goodbye. Kii walked into the school, he was sad but there were other Navajo kids there. As a tradition, Kii and the other kids stated their names and were they are from, the mother they were born to and the father they were born for. A kid stepped forward Kii and said Yaat'eeh,or hello and that his name was Many Horses and his mother he was born to was the Bitter Water Clan and was born for the Towering House,that he was from west of Chinle below the hills. Kii stated his name and that he was born to the Mud Clan and he was born for the Towering House. A round faced girl walked up and told Kii, Yaa'eeh my cousin, and that she was born also to the Mud Clan and for the Corn Clan and that her names is Dawn Girl. All of a sudden a white man walks up to the group of children and started to scream, but they did not know any English so they just looked down. The man had allot of hair unlike the Navajos, they any had hair on they scalp and they only allowed a little bit on hair on their upper lip and that the man was also the principle. Another man but this guy had dark skin unlike the white man that was red on skin and hair. The kids first thought that he was black, but then the man was actually a Navajo! The man told the children that they couldn't use the Navajo language anymore and that really bummed out the kids. The only word that the man told them was what the word hello meant and taught them how to say it.

Tuesday, January 6, 2009

Tuesday/title:Code Talker,chapter1 Sent Away/min:17,pgs:5-11

A boy named Kii Yazhi, is sent to a American school to learn their language. He is an Indian, a Navajo Indian. His parents are devastated that he is leaving with his uncle. Kii Yazhi wants to tell his great grandfather farewell. His grandfather told him that he is small but that Kii has a big heart, he said that because Kii is small and that even his father joked about him on his size. Kii's grandfather was there when the Americans took their land and that the Mexicans took them as slaves, the Mexicans told the Americans that the Indians were bad people but after a while the Americans let the Indians have their land but they had to follow American rules and language. That the Americans sent the Indians at another land when they thought they were bad and some died on the way and most died on the land, the Indians called the land, land of winds because only wind could survive the harsh environment, they couldn't grow food and it was freezing and they had no homes, they had to live in holes. That his dad used a spoon handle as a cradle. When Kii was about to leave, his dad was the most with tears in eyes.

monday/title:Code Talker, chapter 0, Listen,My Grand Children/pgs:1-3,min:9

A man who was at the great World War 2 and tells what he couldn't for many years but now he can, that the war is over. I think he is Indian but I'm not so sure. He tells of all his awesome adventures that he and his comrade endured during the war. He was not a man on the field but he was very important to the war. He had to transport all info across the battles and was not even allowed to give clues to any other people except the generals, not even his family. In the chapter he didn't tell his name, sorry.