If you were going on ambush would you wrap your girlfriend's stocking around your head?The pantyhose belonged to Henry Dobbin girlfriend. The pantyhose would remind him of his girlfriend and let him think of a place he might take her someday. The stocking held the “magic” of protection and good luck, everyone believed the magic protected him of harm. The Stockings protected Henry Dobbins. Henry liked the memories and sleeping with the stocking for safety. The book states “He liked putting his nose in the nylon and breathing in the scent of his girlfriend body; he liked the memories this inspired; he sometimes slept with the stocking agent his face,the way a indent sleeps with the flannel blanket, secure and peaceful.” The stocking would give him access to a spiritual world were he might be able to live with his girlfriend. Henry would think of the stocking as being some sort of body armor for him.The book states he was “Never wounded,never a scratch.” In October Henry received a letter were his girlfriend was breaking up with him. Henry believe the magic of the stocking doesn't go away he said “No sweat,” “The magic doesn't go away.” Henry might have lost his girlfriend but he still had the “magic” of the stocking. …show more content…
Henry Dobbins was never hurt so everyone believe in the Stockings. There was a day when Henry tripped over a bomb but didn't die leading to people belive the stocking was magic. In the book it's stated “In August, he tripped a Bounce in Betty,which failed to detonate.” This also turned the into platoon of believers. The book they state “It turned us into platoon of believers. You don't dispute facts. They also explanation Henry's ritual even night they went out to ambush. They said “ Whenever we saddled up for the a late night ambush,Henry Dobbins would make a ritual out of arranging the nylons around his neck and carefully tying a knot draping the two leg sections over his left