USFS 1919

I can't say that I really related to this book, but if there was a point to it, for me it was articulated in the paragraph on page 214. "Suddenly I realized I had been scared for a long time, because suddenly I wasn't scared any more. I had been scared ever since I had started getting in trouble with Bill, but didn't dare admit it to myself. I don't believe I was ever afraid he would take a punch at me, because I thought he would. I was scared because I had to lose something I wanted to be like and yet wanted to keep when the trouble was over." To me it sounds like the narrarator took a step towards adulthood and actually realized it, and even admitted it quietly to himself as he does from time to time in the story. But all in all, it was difficult for me to follow the writing style it was just too long and wordy.. is wordy a word? Too detailed for me, too many words I didn't care to look up. It reminded me of the way my grandpa spoke, which makes a bit of sense because he was a rancher and had that sort of ranch talk. And repeating himself. And repeating himself. And repeating. I did like the part after he went back after his patrol exile and had to tell Bill there were rattlesnakes. It was a nice bit of humor amist a lot of boring....