Authors Note: I explained the overall theme from the story "Guns for General Washington".
The frosty winter air left the soldiers of General Washington as hopeless as ever. Ammo was running low and it seemed as if there wasn't one more tree in Boston to use for a fire. Things weren't looking good for the petite army. In " Guns for General Washington ", by Seymour Reit, the one thing pushing the continental army forward was the hope of one day receiving their precious city back from the British.
General Washington's low hopes are clearly shown when he sends his troops on a dangerous trip to get cannons and supplies from another base. This trip could be fatal due to the fact that they would have to drag the cannons over steep mountains. Once the news of supplies scattered across the citizens of Boston they're hopes increased dramatically. One of the more prestigious soldiers took the role of leading the pack to their destination. It was a huge milestone when they reached the camp with the supplies. Reaching that base camp was definitely a huge confidence booster. The soldiers hope was starting to change to confidence.
While General Washington's hopes lie low of accomplishing his goal at first, hope was the only thing that made him prepared for what was about to happen. The fantastic patriots had managed to get all their weapons and supplies back to base without harm. Not to mention the French promised reinforcements for the brutal war. Now that Washington had his supplies, he finally had the confidence to attack the British. After all their hard work the army finally defeated the British.
Another book where hope factors in as a huge theme is "The Hunger Games", by Suzanne Collins. The main character, Katniss, gets randomly selected to participate in the 74th annual Hunger Games. She will have to fight to the death in an arena against 23 other kids. Only one of the kids make it out alive. The one thing keeping her and her family from falling apart is the hope of Katniss returning. The last thing that is similar is the fact that in both books their hope starts to turn into confidence when things start looking good.
One of '' Guns for General Washington's " main them is most certainly hope. The grateful army relied on the hope of one day capturing their city back from the cruel British. Maintaining the supplies defiantly changed their outlook on the war. In the end defeating the British let got their hope restored and changed to confidence.
