https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f Comparisons and Meaning en-us 2018-01-16 13:02:39 UTC 2023-03-01 03:20:22 UTC hello@padlet.com ahopper https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/221677737 By chapter six in the novel, Henry is at a disadvantage of being inexperienced and young. He is plagued by fears of being branded as a coward, "his neck was quivering with nervous weakness"(38). He is so self-absorbed, so worried about doing the right thing, that he chooses to follow others fleeing, rather than stay and fight. He reasoned that if other men are running than it is justifiable that he runs as well (40). His immaturity resurfaces when he discovers that those who had stood their ground, were successful in keeping the Confederates back, "he turned away amazed and angry"(43). He becomes envious that those soldiers took all the glory, whereas he acted in a moment of cowardliness. He became separated from his regiment in the chaos when he abandoned his position and spent the rest of the day wandering the war-torn forests pitying himself and wishing he was one of the corpses he passes by, in order to have any dignity for his actions.]]> 2018-01-16 13:05:37 UTC https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/221677737 ssgro1 https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222043825 The war has begun to harden Henry. He is beginning to mature as a man and as a soldier. Chapter 6 left him naíve and scared. However, as the story progresses we see him strengthen and but also gain some anger. "Yesterday he had imagined the universe to be against him, he had hated it, little gods to big gods; today he hated the army of the foe with the same great hatred" (91). It is as if his previously timid, arguably cowardly demeanor had vanished.  He longed to see his enemies defeated. " ...he had lost sense of everything but his hate, his desire to smash into pulp the glittering smile of victory which he could feel upon the faces of his enemies" (92). It seems as though his rage consumes him, not necessarily making him brave or valiant, just violent. ]]> 2018-01-17 13:06:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222043825 ahopper https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222044691 Henry has more self-confidence in his abilities now that he is facing his third battle. He experienced a "clearer atmosphere"(100) as he observed his surroundings with a calm precision. During the battle, the sergeant with the regiment's flag was killed, so Henry and Wilson bravely took on the flag to represent that their army won't give up. To get the flag, the boys struggled with the corpse, desperately trying to pry the flag from the lifeless body (104); symbolically representing the amount of effort and work that is put into honor and bravery, but together the boys were able to keep charging on, with the flag proudly swaying with the regiment.]]> 2018-01-17 13:10:30 UTC https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222044691 gstash https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222047297 In all of these scenes, Henry is not fighting or surviving for others, he is trying to save his ego and his pride. It is not courage or bravery which causes him to fight in chapters 17 and 19, but a hatred and loathing of the cowardice which he displayed in chapter six. Everything he does after he runs at his first battle is to cover that action up to create an even more elaborate lie which he can hide behind. Although Henry might be a man with experience now, he is still primarily focused on what others think of him and he is still chasing after that romanticized version of war that he had in his mind when he signed up.]]> 2018-01-17 13:20:34 UTC https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222047297 ahopper https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222238928 2018-01-17 20:56:12 UTC https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222238928 ahopper https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222249865 Experience enables one to remain calm in situations that were once frightening. The more experience Henry got with battles and death, the more apt he was to handle the following experience of battles or death. The first time Henry saw a dead body, he became uneasy (22), and when Henry and Wilson were charging into battle, Henry didn't hesitate to yank the flag out of a corpse's hand (104). The war brought about a new sense of maturity in Henry. ]]> 2018-01-17 21:40:40 UTC https://padlet.com/ahopper/mvdckp5xgu7f/wish/222249865