The Right Fight by Chris Lynch Book Review

What follows in this brief report is a review and summary of the book The Right Fight by Chris Lynch. The items that will be covered in this text include an introduction to the book, the setting of the book, the main characters of the book, the plot of the took, the theme or message of the book and a conclusion that asserts whether the author did well and what weaknesses in the book and its narrative that might exist. As already noted, the book was written by Mr. Lynch and it came out in 2014. Published by Scholastic Press, the book is the first in a series of four books about World War II and the individuals that were part of the same. While the book Lynch wrote is very profound and effective in many ways, it could have been even better with a few minor adjustments and changes.

As mostly noted in the introduction, the setting of the book is World War II. Of course, that as a global war that raged from the late 1930's until 1945. The United States entered that fray in 1941. The book depicts a man that has big dreams about baseball but he turns away from that in favor of the war that is brewing around the world and that the United States probably would be pulled into, and eventually was (Lynch, 2014).

Without a doubt, the main character of the book is Roman. He is the man referenced in the prior paragraph with the big baseball dreams. However, he quickly shifts from that sports dream to one centered on manning a tank and helping to win the war for his country. Even with his obviously changed focus to the war, Roman keeps his love for baseball in full effect as he progresses on his path through World War II. He clearly holds his country and the safety thereof above all else, including baseball (Lynch, 2014).

Per the above, the plot and the book center on Roman and his shift from baseball to war when it becomes clear that the "right fight" is to do the latter. Specifically, Roman is caught in the North African front and he ends up going rather deep into territory that is very nasty and very hostile. The fighting that Roman does see is preceded by a lot of training and waiting. However, the training ends up being worth it in the long run. Indeed, there is a fight noted where the word "eradicate" is used to describe victory (Lynch, 2014).

The apparent intended pattern of the book is to be the first of four installments where each one is about a different man that joins the military after being in baseball. This book, of course, focuses on Roman and his time with the tank units of North Africa's theater during World War II. The book is fiction but it centers on very real events and some of the quotes and themes from the book lay that bare. The obvious theme of the book is to fight for what one believes in, the "right fight". However, not every soldier wanted to be in that war and the emotions involved were all amplified, as proven by "the guys all burst out in exaggerated laughter" (Lynch, 2014, p. 10). As already noted, the baseball analogies abound, as proven by Roman when he says "of course you're welcome in our dugout, miss" (Lynch, 2014, p. 11). The fighting mentioned above is described as a long and hard slog that culminates in the saying of two words . . . ."we survived" (Lynch, 2014, p. 181).