Write about what your main character's thinking in the beginning of your story.

I don't want them to go to war and frankly I don't understand why we are going to war. I'm worried for them, all I care about is that the get back safe. Today my Pa and big brother Charles whom I call Charlie are leaving to help in the battle, the Battle of New Orleans. I live in New Orleans, it's my home and the only place I have ever lived.Why are we even fighting? I ask my self everyday. Ma tell me is because of our slaves, that the people in the north don't want us to have slaves. We used to call them helpers but now its time we know the truth about what they are. They help us on our plantation, us we have 2 slaves. I hope Charlie comes home soon I really miss him and how we used to talk during lights out, Charlie is the best big brother ever. I want Pa to come home too I miss them so much and it's only been a day since they left.

In your story who might your main character be?

The main character in my story will be a 14 year old girl who lives on a plantation in south with her 2 brothers and 2 sisters.  This family will have two slave who they treat nice, and when the war is over they realize slavery is wrong and help the slaves up to the north. But the family will remain on the plantation because the kids feel strongly about not leaving their childhood home.

Are there times when it is justified to fight? For what? Can you fight for something without becoming violent? How can you fight peacefully? What would you fight for? How and why?

there are times when it is justified to fight like when you standing up for what you believe in if you believe in something strongly you have every right to fight for what you believe in thats the way the human race works without the ability to express show we feel the world would be so wierd like i cant even describe how wierd that would be we would have no rights basically clones of one another but i think that we souldonly fight for what we believe in and not some nonsense fight i think that that is wrong you can fight without being violent but im not saying that you have to  be  peaceful again its kind  of how the human race works were tough
from when we are young to stand up for what we believe in and to share but what if we strongly believe in not sharing what should we do what we were taught to fight for what we believe in