Code Talker Sparknotes

The book Code Talker by Joseph Bruchac is a historical fiction novel about the Navajo Marines in World War II.The navajo code talkers were real people in the world wars that conveyed messages in their native language to help with the wars. The main character, Kii (or Ned) unfortunately was not a real person. He is based off of real people that were in the war. It begins with a man telling his grandchildren about how he won all his medals in the war .Ned Begay (also known as Kii) was born on a Navajo reservation but sent to a boarding school at the age of six to learn English. When Kii Yazhi gets sent to school, away from his family, he has no idea what’s in store. Imagine being sent away to a school where they don't even speak the same language as you. The

His teachers are nicer and better in general. But when the marines come, in need of recruiters, he has his heart set on joining. So, Ned waits one year until he is old enough to join. His village had a special ceremony where they blessed him with corn pollen, then he was sent away to the rines. Ned goes to boot camp where they whip him into shape, but all of the challenges are not as hard for the Navajos because they had to do them in everyday life in their village. After they complete boot camp, a few Navajo soldiers are sent to more training, training to become code talkers. The training was very secret because they had to speak the code that no one else would know. After their intensive training, they were put out into the war where they would send and receive codes. They had to be very careful and precise because if they did it wrong the Japanese could figure it out. Ned and the code talkers used their native language to help win the war. When the war ends, Ned is one of the first to know because of his experience as a code talker. He is forbidden to speak about anything that happened during this time until 1969, when he is finally permitted to tell