The Drummer Boy of Shiloh

In the “Drummer Boy of Shiloh” By Ray Bradbury one of the themes is sometimes you don’t realize how important you really are. In the story Joby thought that he was just playing the drums so he didn’t feel important. He thought that you have to have a gun to be important. The general came up to Joby and told him how important he is. He told him that if you have a slow drumbeat the soldiers would be slow and sluggish. If you have a fast paced drumbeat the soldiers will be energetic and ready to fight. Joby was like the heart of the army.

If you don’t know how important you are then you will not be living to your full potential. Your job could be very important but you wouldn’t know. Sometimes it takes another person to help you realize that you are important, like in the story the general helped Joby. People may not think so but everyone’s job helps people in a different way no matter what you do.