"Point of View of Guns for General Washington"

“This is a formative essay on the point of view of the book Guns for General Washington, and how William Knox, His brother Henry, and their men set off for their journey to Fort Ticonderoga and how William’s, and the surrounding people’s point of view of what they are doing for the war and for the men.”

In the book “Guns for General Washington” the main character William Knox and his brother Henry Knox which they are also soldiers in the Continental Army come up with the idea to bring George Washington or General Washington 183 cannons and other supplies. They have to travel over 300 miles with nasty weather because of the winter beginning. William, Henry, and their group of men they find have to go through thick forests on horseback and they have to cross frozen lakes to reach Fort Ticonderoga to get to General Washington. Henry Knox is the one who came with the idea to get the supplies to George Washington and his men; they knew that their supplies and weapons were running extremely low. And the scene I will be doing my point of view on is when William, his brother, and their men set off for their journey to Fort Ticonderoga.

William Knox’s point of view of this whole situation was it was a little shocking at first because he thought they weren’t going to be able to go through with it, but then a little bit later he thought it would be a great idea to help out the army. William is completely fed up with the British, and he hates what they do and how they treat people. That is the main reason why he wanted to go through with the objective. Will was a little scared at first because he is risking his own life on this journey, he could end up dead at any point. Although William’s point of view of this situation is that he is fine with it now and in his eyes, the journey will happen and they will get the artillery and supplies to George Washington’s men without any problem. Henry Knox on the other hand was really worried at first, because he thought that he was never going to make it back alive. I know this because In the story William took a look at his brother when they were leaving for Fort Ticonderoga, he saw the look on Henry’s face, he looked scared, but his expression changed once they got farther into their journey. So their point of view on this journey is that they are extremely confident and they aren’t going to stop at nothing until they have gotten everything to the Fort safely.

Now on the other hand the bystanders and other people who knew about their voyage to General Washington wouldn’t be the same as how Will or Henry saw it. They thought that William and everyone were crazy for going on such a dangerous expedition like that. Some people I’m sure thought that they were walking into a death trap, and they were never going to make it back alive. It’s obvious that people were thinking what they were thinking, because they were going through wooded paths that had no trails, over frozen lakes that could easily break when they are walking on them, freezing weather because of winter, and all of the dangerous animals in the woods including Black bear, and Grizzly Bear. Oh and not to mention they are trying to avoid the British too, which is another big road block for them to overcome. So the people’s point of view was that William and his men are crazy and they are walking into a major death trap that they would never return from.

In the end there is two completely different points of view, one half of the people are confident and the other half is the complete opposite, they think that William, and Henry Knox are completely crazy and that they are going to end up killing their selves. That just proves that there isn’t just always one type of point of view, and now you know how some of the people in the story “Guns for General Washington” have different points of views then other people.