The movie the patriot and the
book April morning are not so different. The setting is there both fighting the
same war and in the same time period. Both of the main characters take a risk
to save what could be there soon to be future and country.
In the patriot Ben left
because he knows how to lead men into battle and inspire them to never give up
so he was a good asset. Ben was more of a mature a smart person in war because
he had been in war himself and learned the ways of how brutal it really is.
Benjamin did not want to go to war and has a lot to lose so it is hard leaving
his family alone when the battle field is not too far away and no one to
protect them.
In April morning cooper left
to go to war early because even though he worked hard all the time his parents
didn’t accept him for who he was so he took any chance possible to leave them
and he was already planning to go to war anyway to prove himself. Cooper is
young and naïve and doesn’t have any experience in war so it will take a toll
on him in a lot of different situations.
Cooper really doesn’t have anything to lose and so it is not a big deal
to him leaving his family behind.
When it comes to who will
most likely end up not surviving the war it will be cooper, but that really
doesn’t matter for him because he has already been planning this for a while
and he has no one to come home to after the war. Ben on the other hand will do
anything to stay alive and keep the rest of his family alive because two of his
sons, his daughter and brother and law, and his wife have all died and know he
only has a couple children which he intends to keep alive.