Captain Jinks, Hero

By Ernest Crosby

(3.5 stars) • 10 reviews

A boy's innocent dream of battlefield glory transforms into an all-consuming quest for military prestige, challenging everything he thought he knew about heroism.

Genres

Culture/Civilization/Society Literature Politics Fiction

Released

2006-09-22

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Summary

"Captain Jinks, Hero" by Ernest Crosby is a story set around the turn of the 20th century, and it's about Colonel Jinks, a friendly farmer with a fancy name, and his son, Sam. Sam gets a box of toy soldiers for his birthday, and suddenly all he wants to be is a hero. The book looks at war goals and how a young boy starts to believe in soldiers and becomes obsessed with power and being brave. The story begins when Colonel Jinks buys Sam the toy soldiers, which makes Sam dream big. He wants to be a "hero" and loves everything about the military. The family moves to a town where Sam joins a Boys' Brigade, diving headfirst into his dreams. Growing up, he wants to go to military school and then join the army, which shapes who he becomes as we see war, being a hero, and what society expects from him.