At the beginning of the story, Henry is a naive young soldier who finds his worth in how others treat him. As he entered the army he “...basked in the smiles of the girls and was patted and complimented by old men, [and] he had felt growing within him the strength to do mighty deeds of arms” (6). Henry’s definition of bravery is strictly based on the praise he gets from others for his own actions. He has no sense of true courage or integrity that comes from within. After his first few battles,one in which he was forced to fight and the other in which he ran, Henry battles with his own internal demons.
While Henry never told anyone about his feelings, he showed it in his actions. Although this story never states the upcoming suicide, Henry changes after returning home. I assume that he felt as if he had nothing to live for, so once he finished rebuilding their convertible, he began making amends with his brother. People who are close
In the beginning of the story Henrys doubt and struggle to find courage seriously affects his faith in himself. He joined the army because he was drawn to the glory of military conflict; considering war a sort of accessory. In the book it states, “He had read of marches, sieges, conflicts, and he had longed to see it all.
The whole army squad that Henry was fighting with were all rookies they had never seen a dead man or ever killed anyone, none of them had experience. Him seeing his first dead man was kind of a little wake up call, so he could be prepared and that maybe could be him in the future. I believe it also showed him he's going to have to fight back because people are coming for him , not just one , many. This “meeting” with the man laying the ground without movement affect henry in a positive way because it warned him and made him ready for anything. As he says in chapter 3 “His curiosity was quite easily satisfied.
When Henry is growing up this shows that Henry is much more willing to accept the reality. Then be bullied on the sidelines with others that judge him. When Henry is more comfortable with him being himself he has learned that being who you are will mean so much more than people judging him because of his
With each event that passed Henry seemed to be more ready to fight for his friends and not for his
The reason Henry reacts that way becasue he didn't want to look bad in front of his regiment. He also felt like he was a cog in a machine when he was fighting in the first battle. He flees in the second battle since he thought that they were going to lose the battle. He also didn't feel like he was ready for a second battle. He decided to flee when he saw his men running out of their lines and fleeing away from the battle.
He thought he was going to pass out. This is one of the reasons that Henry could have ran away from the second battle, because he was close to death. Henry wasn’t doing well for his first time; he went a little over board and got himself into trouble again. “The youth awakened slowly. He came gradually back to a position from which he could regard himself.
This is a clear sign that Henry was not prepared to enlist in the war and was. A true hero would have stayed through it all and would have never given up. At the beginning of the story when only wanted to go against what his mother said, he was immature and misunderstanding. Henry’s mother told him, “Henry, don’t be a fool” (Crane 4). Even though his mother attempted change his mind, the next morning he set out to enlist.
Nefthaly Velazquez Apr 19, 2024 Mrs. Conkel Teacher Tamer By Avi In "Teacher Tamer" by Avi, Mrs. Wessex can be considered a bad teacher due to her lack of empathy, inability to control her classroom, and failure to adapt her teaching methods to meet the needs of her students. Throughout the story, Mrs. Wessex struggles to maintain control over her unruly class, resulting in chaos and disruption. When a spitball lands on her book while reading, she turns to one certain student, Gregory. And right away blame him without hesitation.
He also tends to grip the armrests of his chair will all his strength and freeze for long periods of time as if the chair was moving at unimaginable speeds. Previously mentioned, this shows that the motif or war has greatly impacted the close brotherhood at the beginning of the story. After the war, Henry is unable to return to his original self despite all the attempts made by Lyman to return his lost brother to his original self. Not only has the war impacted Henry’s home life and how he acts around his family, but it has deeply hurt the relationship between Lyman and
but he decided it was the right thing to do and he saved Chay’s life. He pulled Chay on board the boat. Henry grew as a character immensely in these scenes; he truly forgave Chay for what he did to his family and probably saved Chay’s life in both
This illustrates how Henry believes in the importance of himself, it amazes him that nature is so ignorant or oblivious to the obvious terror and “devilment” around him. “New eyes were given to him. And the most startling thing was to learn suddenly that he was very insignificant.” (Crane 100). At this point in the novel, Henry realizes his insignificance, that even war is not the biggest thing in the entire universe in natures eyes.
Henry’s flawed nature and inner desire to be morally upright are revealed as he escapes the battle and as he justifies himself
While talking to other soldiers, Henry runs into two other soldiers, Jim Conklin, and Wilson. Henry gets into his first battle after a really long time of being in the military and he doesn’t do too bad, but it’s in Henry’s second war that we see his fear overtake him and he runs for the mountains for safety. Henry later headed
