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Title:**__ Silent Soldiers

__**Quote:**__ "When the gate comes down, I want you to debark both sides of the ramp! Understood?...See you on the beach! Good luck"(29)!

__**Explanation:**__ This quote is important because it illustrates the motif of false encouragement. Miller uses this to prepare his men for battle, to ensure that before they go out out and risk their lives the last thing they hear is not negative. This is shown by the quote because just as the gate is about to drop Miller gives them something to strive for, the beach. The quote also proves that Miller tries to act positive before his men go out to fight because he says "I hope to see you", rather than you are probably going to die. Clearly this quote is important because it shows the motif, of false encouragement.

__**Hot Q:**__ Miller sent his men out onto the beach knowing they would probably not survive. If you were in Millers position what would you have done?

__**Answer:**__ If I was in Miller's position i would have done the same thing. The reasoning behind my decision is there were 88s firing from the mountain which could easily blow up the ship,meaning either way his men would have died. In addition by letting his men out he allowed his medics to reach wounded soldiers who would have otherwise died. By letting his men off the boat he allowed some of his platoon to survive and provide cover fire fore incoming ships. Once Miller was able to catch up with the survivors he was able to make a rag tag platoon who he used to disable the 88s. Clearly, if Miller had not let his men off the boat then they would have died from the cannons and there would have been many more casualties.

__**Connection:**__ The book __Saving Private Ryan,__ is about a man that the Miller is ordered to find behind enemy lines during World War II. I can make a connection to this because during WWII my Great Grand father was taken hostage by the Germans for his welding skills. This shows a connection because both private Ryan and my Great Grandfather were in enemy German territory during the second World War.