Chapter 5

This chapter starts out with a mob of people running through the smoke, screaming. The army just stands there, "We've got to hold them back," says one. The enemy is getting closer and closer. Henry is freaking out. He does not want to be there. He starts crying, but quickly wipes his tears with the sleeve of his coat. Henry takes the first fire. Once the first shot is out of the way, Henry feels like a member for the first time. He felt the effects of the atmosphere- he broke into a sweat, his eyes dried out, and a horrible roar rang in his ears. Of course, now Henry feels the need to do more. He wants to run up them and strangle them, make them all back away at once. Men fell to the ground. They landed in strange positions you would have thought they fell from great heights to land that way. When the fighting was done, Henry looked around and noticed how golden and great Nature was. He wondered how it was possible for everything to look so beautiful when there was so much fighting and evil going on.

Henry now understands that his life could easily end at any moment. He could be the guy laying on the ground with a pool of blood surrounding him.

Question: Does Henry run away from all of his problems? He says he has courage but he seems to be running from everything.