April Morning by Howard Fast Book Review Essay

The admit April Morning by Howard Fast is a salient story of the bloody conflict of Lexington set up with a one and only(a) day clock structure from the view of a fifteen year octogenarian boy turning into a man. In the platter we see the invigoration of decade barrel maker changing from child to man in the effect of one day. Each chapter is a different time period of the day consecrateing us what has happened and what the effects were on his life. go cooper is a fifteen-year-old boy living in colonial Lexington, Massachusetts with his family. He feels vitiate by his father, Moses Cooper, exactly finds puff from granny knot Cooper, his paternal grandm early(a). When a collision of the townspeopleship Committee is called on the evening of April 18th, Adam wishes to attend further his father questions whether or not his son is a man and has bring in the right to attend the meeting. Instead of attending the meeting, Adam visits his neighbor compassion Simmons, a i rrelevant relative whom he loves whom he loves and sees himself marrying in the removed(p) future.When his father returns home from the meeting, Adam eavesdrop as Moses tells his wife Sarah and Granny Cooper what happened, as the colonial communities prepare for a possible confrontation with the British army. During the late night early morning, a rider arrives in Lexington, waking up the community with news that the British army is on the march to Concord to take out supplies and ammunition that is being stored by colonists for a possible rebellion. at one time the news of the night rider reaches the town the committeemen hold a mobilise for the militia, and Adam decides to sign the muster book and commit to advertiseing for the militia. His father is present when he is signing the muster and allows for it to happen. Moses Cooper no longer sees his son as a boy but as a determined man departing to fight for his family and community.Both Adam and his father prepared themselves for the battle and a follow of seventy militia men wait for the arrival of the British army. Moses Cooper argues persuasively with the committeemen that the midget number of men hind endt deport up to the thousands of Redcoat man they will be greeting alone, and so its decided that they will state their case but do no more they decide to talk it out rather than to fight. tho when the British finally reach Lexington, the officers are sneeringly dismissive of the colonists and tell them to leave the common and a mysterious gun for hire is bited causing the British troops to begin firing on the colonists. The British massacred the small militia that stood in front of them, and Adam watched as his father and another(prenominal) men he had known his entire life be shot down.Adam hides in terror and cannot go home because of the British troops in town and it is unsafe. Adam is off to the woods to find the time out of the militia and he is almost discovered by British soldiers, but before they do so are called away to march towards Concord. Adam runs from the British and is shot at by redcoats, only to be caught in the grip of an older colonial man named Solomon Chandler, who helps Adam and provides him with some consolation and food. Adam joins Chandler on his journey to meet up with more members of colonial militias. Along the way, other colonists join the two, also ready to fight the British. Once at the foraging, Adam is greeted by Cousin Simmons and The Reverend, and is relieved that others from the Lexington militia had survived. though the various town committees and militia have general instructions, there isnt a single leader chosen to lead the battle.It was a mixed time for the colonists fighting and finally Chandler guides them and instructs the men waiting at the pasture to split up into groups according to the firing range of their weapons. Adam and the other men in his group lay under the brush and fire at the redcoats, Adams gun does not r each a far outmatch so he does not shoot but watches instead he see the burning of Lexington and the bloodshed of the redcoats. Through the mist of all of the battle Adam seems to fall asleep leaving everyone to believe that he is weakened and dead. When Adam wakes up he finds that the battle has moved to a distant location he hears Cousin Simmons and The Reverend talking, meets them, and they all agree to go home to Lexington, or what is left of it. Once home Adam is greeted with comforter and happiness by the surviving members of his family and others from the town. Adam is now treated desire a fully-grown man when he was only recently considered a unproblematic child to everyone.Adam makes peace with his fathers corpse, and then helps to fill the casket to the church. At the church Adam lights some extra candles so his father wont have to rest in the spicy of night. Cousin Simmons makes sure that Adam is aware this battle was only the start, and that he must consider his o ther responsibilities as the new head of household when deciding if hell continue to fight. When Adam returns home his mother is already asleep but Granny Cooper is awake and says she knows he will go back into battle eventually. He puts off the question for the time being, and is relieved to finally go to sleep and end this momentous day. The book is a great and quick read being that it is only 202 pages long. The text gets you involved and makes it feel as if you are there with Adam Cooper through the battles and his day.You feel as if you are standing next to Adam while on the field holding your riffle awaiting the battles. The crushs and emotions that the boy is going away through as he transitions into an adult are heartfelt and many a(prenominal) people can relate to Adam in some ways. The pressure of becoming a man over night and resuming all these responsibilities he never had to deal with before is a struggle that many can relate too. I personally would definitely recomm end this book to my peers as well as to younger and older audiences. This book in my judging was very good in the fact that it drew me in and unbroken me indispensabilitying to read more as the story went on. I have ont usually like reading and the fact that this book makes me want to keep reading and not stop till it was finished in my opinion makes this a good book. Fast is a great indite and knows how to draw in an audience. Overall this was a great book and I would definitely recommend it to all.