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Way of the Warrior Kid is designed to convey Jocko Willick’s teachings on applying the principles of the Navy SEALs to the life of a young person. How does the need to deliver and reinforce that message shape the story?

Does the novel suggest (implicitly or explicitly) any potential drawbacks to teaching a child to behave as though they were a warrior?

Marc and Jake are for all intents and purposes the only characters in the story. What impact does it have on the book for it to be almost entirely about Marc and Jake? How would including someone else’s perspective, such as Marc’s mother’s, change the work?