Thursday, November 20, 2008

Chapter 6 (RBoC)

The very beginning of this chapter the men are basically fluffing their egos, and throwing around comments about their cleverness in battle and how it is hot. Henry is deeply happy because he survived, and most of all: didn't run. But to the entire regiment, the worst thing happens... the opposing army charges back. Men around Henry are fleeing left and right, and then Henry does too.
And because Henry runs from the other army, all of his fears came back. To him, the rebel army is coming just for him, they are super strong, a giant dragon ready to eat him. While running, he falls and hits a tree so hard with his shoulder, he face plants into the ground. He sees the men in charge of the cannons, and pities the fools because they don't know any better. To Henry, everyone who stays is incompetent or a different breed of human.
Henry spots a General, and feels he needs to go straight up to him and tell him that what he is doing is stupid, or he wanted to choke him. But the young soldier ends up over hearing the General telling a man named Tompkins to go see a Taylor and tell him to help out in the center. Tompkins hurries to where ever Taylor is. The General starts shouting in disbelief that "They've held 'im!" So he quickly tells another messenger to go after Tompkins to tell Taylor to hit them with all they've got.


Themes-

*Self-Preservation~ Henry definitely shows this in chapter 6.

Question-
If everyone else ran too, where did they end up?

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