Chapter 1

In this chapter Henry has a conversation with his mom about going to fight in the war. She says he would be better off at home, but he wants to go anyway. When Henry gets the news about going to Washington he goes to tell his mother and she has a different attitude towards the whole fighting thing. Instead of telling him how much better it would be for him to stay home, she says, "Be careful." She acts as if Henry is in first grade again. Telling him to be a good boy and she packed some blackberry jam for him. She also says if Henry would have a hole in his shirt or sock he was to send them to her and she would fix it for him.
The group gets information from the tall soldier; he says they will start fighting. Henry starts questioning himself about war. He tries to prove that he won’t run away, but he's not one hundred percent sure.

In this chapter I can see the youth and maturity. Henry starts out on the farm with his mother, a normal young kid, but as he matures he decides to follow the path he thinks God has made for him.

Question: What changed Henry's mom's attitude about him fighting? Did she decide it's what he really wants?