Analysis Of Crisis By Thomas Paine

A man named John Smith who was twenty years old wanted to fight with the American army to defeat the British. John knew that there was no way the Americans could beat that big of an army. The British had more fire power, more men, and more land than the Americans. John told his friends that he was going to join the army to help fight the British. His friends started to get worried for John. John's best friend, Steve Taylor decided to join the army as well because he didn’t want his best friend to join alone. When John and Steve got to town and saw how many soldiers they had, they began to worry. Both John and Steve thought their was no way the Americans could win this war. A few moments later John sat down and cried, because he began
General Washington pulled out a piece of paper and it said on the top, Crisis by Thomas Paine. He started to read the writings from top to bottom and as he read the troops began to get excited and fired up. John could feel the energy inside of him erupt with happiness, John and Steve started cheering and yelling with excitement as well. It felt like nothing could stop them now. Later that night John and Steve were talking about what happened earlier that day. John stated that he felt that they can win but Steve still had his doubts. John stated that we have to have hope if we want to win this war. But Steve was still thinking that they were still going to lose this war. Weeks had gone by since the speech that General Washington made. The troops had been walking for days and were exhausted and cold. John could tell that Steve was moving much slower than usual. John went up to his friend, it looked like Steve had frost bite. John went to General Washington and asked if they could stop for the day and General Washington said yes. All day long it looked like General Washington was in deep thought and had something on his mind. Later that night General Washington stood up in front of his troops and started to talk about his
John woke up and saw the troops packing their supplies. John woke up Steve and they both started to pack their things. John and Steve put their stuff on the boat and waited for everyone else. Once everyone was aboard General Washington set sail into the icy Delaware. John had to row the boat with one ore and the water was full with chunks of ice and it was difficult for them to get the boat through. Steve looked like he was about to fall in the water but he kept on rowing. General Washington was at the front of the boat standing still, on the lookout for the whole boat ride. His leadership kept the men focused and inspired. Once the soldiers got to land, General Washington was talking to them about what the plan of attack was. The soldiers waited until nightfall when everyone was sleeping. General Washington was sending people to go to different spots of the town to make the attack easier and faster. John and Steve were on a squad together and they had to take out the guards on the tower. John and Steve both did their Job well. But one squad got caught and the alarm was released, British Soldiers everywhere got up and started to fight the Americans. John and Steve decided to fight with the soldiers, but later in the