The story begins with Adolph (blonde dude) practicing his sprints. He is racing against the clock and time. Next, while with some of his friends, the topic of war comes up. One person says that he wants to enlist and soon others follow. Those who did not follow, did so because their other friends said that they weren't man enough or they made fun of them and said that they were scared. So, a major cause of the young men joining the war was because of peer pressure and just following friends whom they trusted. Another cause was that they really had nothing better to do on the boring farm or out in the country. The young men wanted something fun, exciting, and different.

Later on, Adolph is in an important race where he again is running against the clock but this time he is racing other people. He wins the race. In second by just a little bit is a man named Bode (Mel Gibson). He tried his hardest but was unable to get to the finish line before Adolph. Right Next to the big ra

They eventually go and enlist together for the army. Adolph is not 18 yet and somebody blows his cover so he and Bode travel someplace else. Next, they create Adolph a counterfeit birth certificate so that he can enlist. After their train breaks down, they have to walk in the desert. Eventually they arrive at their destination. Because they are going out for cavalry, they have to be able to ride horses well and there is a try out for it. Bode does not know how to ride so Adolph tries to teach him. Adolph, being a extremely talented rider stunned the overseers and made it in. When it was Bode's turn, he didn't kick the horse hard enough to start it so it never moved. After sitting on the horse for about half a minute, he got off the horse completely embarrassed. Because he couldn't ride, he didn't join with Adolph and they separated. Again Bode failed and Adolph triumphed. Bode then goes off somewhere else and joins. The two eventually meet up during a training drill and are living in the same camp. Here they request to be put in the same unit so that they can be together and they are put together.

After a little while of training they move to the battlefields. Here, living conditions are very poor and battle is going on against Turkey. Both sides are fighting using trench warfare. Because of this there is a little stalemate. Pretty soon, Bode and Adolph are sent to the trenches. They are going to try to rush the Turk'

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Approximate Word count = 965
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)