Sec 2 Home-Based Learning

1) In many war torn countries, children not only are deprived from education, many were also forced into armies to fight. These child soldiers are often treated as "pawns". Many countries use these children to fight because of their lower cost to maintain. Children will need less resources than a grown adult. However, children in our society would slowly be introduced to life and are protected by their families. Children of these ages would often be at home, safe and sound, rather than learning to fight in war. We should not take our safety for granted, since we are lucky enough not to be born in a war-torn country.

Steps in Analysis
	Point	Evidence	Elaboration
1.	Point of View narrator's PoV	Speaks from a third person's point of view. "Could we...."	By writing from a third person's PoV, he can understand the inner thoughts and feelings of the children and convey them in the poem.

2.	Situation and Setting Children enrolled in the army at such a tender age No chance at education for these children	"Chalk and blackboards will not be... From this life they cannot flee, and these children are not free"	Chalk and blackboards- objects used in classrooms. Shows that there is no education for these children. The children are also unable to escape from the war, which probably implies that they are forced to join the war.
3	Language/ Diction Rhyme	"light...fight" "flee...free" "chance...dance" "soul...hole" "flight...light"

4	Personal Response There is little future for these children	"chalk and blackboard will not be, to this door there is no key"	These children are forced into the army where many will die at war. Those who survive will still have no education, which does not allow them to reach their maximum capabilities. They are born into a living hell where they are trained to fight since young. From this I think we should not take our lives for granted because we have a chance to be somebody, instead of a mindless soldier fighting without a cause.