Code Talker Presentation

Code Talker, by Joseph Bruchac. Code talker is a story that depicts the life of a young Navajo boy who plays a pivotal role in World War II with the U.

S. Marine Corps.

•Ned Begay, also known as Kii Yahzi, is the protagonist and main character of the story. •Georgia Boy is the foil of Code Talker. He is a white man that cannot read. He is a medic in battle and works closely with and becomes very good friends with Ned.

•Smitty was very helpful to Ned in many different battles throughout the story. His job in the Marines was to make sure nobody thought Ned was Japanese, which could have happened because of Ned's Navajo skin tone.

•Johnny Manuelito attended school with Ned, and eventually went into the Marines before Ned.

Johnny helped recruit more Navajos to join the Marines to be code talkers.•Ned meets another Navajo Code Talker in battle named Wilsie. Wilsie came from a similar background as Ned did living with his family on a reservation. Wilsie and Ned work together sending and receiving coded messages often.

•This story starts out on Ned's home reservation in the Southwestern United States.

Ned lives peacefully with his family.•Ned is sent to Rehoboth Mission school at only six years old. His uncle wants him to go there to learn how to read, write, and speak English. •Ned trains for the marines at Camp Elliott.

This is where Ned and other Marine recruits learn to be physically and mentally strong as a Marine would need to be.

•Ned practices landings and battles on many of the islands of Hawaii. This is where he and other marines simulated a real battle scene.•The final setting is the Pacific Islands off the western coast of the U.

S., and the eastern coast of Japan. This is where all of the battles take place.

•Ned starts out life not knowing very much about the world. He believes that many people don't like Navajos and their culture.

•Mission school is very challenging for Ned. This makes him think even worse about the white men culture. Ned learns English here and realizes that he is very good student.•After being recruited as a Marine, Ned goes to Camp Elliott to train for his future as a Marine. Ned realizes that Navajos are often better physically than white people. This significantly boosts his confidence.

•Ned learns what to expect in battle during his time in Hawaii. He now has become much more mature and is confident in his abilities.•Ned really learns who he is in battle in the Pacific. He now sees how tough war is on people.

He is disgraced by the amount casualties and people wounded in battle. He learns war is a very bad thing for everyone.

This is the plot mountain I created about Code Talker. It shows all of the elements of the story.

The pictures are of a Marine division with code talkers, A mission school for Navajos like the one Ned attended, and the medals many Navajo code talkers received after war for the courage, bravery, and their value to the U.S. in war. One of the most important parts of the story was the climax when war ended after the U.S. dropped two atomic bombs on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

•Bougainville was Ned's first battle in the Marines. As expected, this was a scary and difficult experience for all involved, including Ned. •Ned's next battle in the Pacific is on Guam, which is U.S. territory.

. The Japanese did many banzai attacks in this battle. Banzai attacks were when large groups of Japanese soldiers all charged at once and didn't stop for anything. This was believed to be very honorable in Japanese culture if soldiers died in these attacks

•Pavavu was a very hot and humid battle. Mosquitoes were flying everywhere annoying many soldiers.

The Japanese also used many kamikaze, or suicide attacks.• The next battle on the island of Iwo Jima may have been the toughest of them all. The Japanese didn't attack the invading U.S.

marines until they started climbing the most important mountain on the island called Suribachi. After a long battle, the U.S. finally took control of the island.•The final battle of Ned's marine career was Okinawa. This battle was fought right before the U.

S. dropped the atomic bombs on Japan.

Joseph Bruchac is a very accomplished author writing many novels for children and young adults. He has written many famous novels including Native Americans, such as Eagle Song, The First Strawberries, Dawn Land, A Boy Called Slow, Crazy Horse's Vision, and more.

His most famous novel is Sacajawea, which was published New Years day of 2000.

Native American tribes are very important to our entire country. Anyone can honor their heritage and culture, including Native people. The core message a quote from the author him self says "once a Navajo, always a Navajo." I also have a video to further explain what being a code talker was like