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Charley's Arrogance

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Charley Goddard blindly joins the army at the ripe age of 15, only for the sake of being known as a man. During the first few months nothing too serious has happened. In fact, he describes the army to be a bit boring, As shown on page 8 when it states, “There wasn’t much of a war, Charley decided early on, but there was a lot of playacting and once he got inside he found it mostly boring”. His colleagues, the other volunteer soldiers, believe that the war will be over in a few months, and they won’t go to battle. Other than having background knowledge about the American Civil War, I personally believe that Charley's arrogance and ignorance will come back and bite him. Charley will regret joining the army at such a young age. Charley is much
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