Chapter 2

Abstract: In the second chapter, they are all still waiting for battle. Henry continues to think about how he will react to his first battle. He feels like the other soliders are not as worried as him and are excited to fight in their first battle. He thinks they are brave while he is not. Other times though he thinks that the others are just like him but instead are repressing their fear over their first battle. One morning, his regiment was moving. They were moving to a different place. In the morning, before the sun is out they start moving to their new post. They move through the whole day. Henry sees them crossing hills and compares it to snakes slithering. During one moment, a fat man tried to steal a horse, but they a girl came out to stop him. Henry's regiment stopped and watched the spectacle. They all were cheering for the young girl, and the fat man eventually left without the horse. At night, they then went to sleep in fields. Before he goes to bed, Henry remembers the farm and wishes that he was there. He sort to regrets ever not liking it. Wilson, the loud solider, then comes and he and Henry talk about the ensuing battle. Wilson seems excited to fight. Henry then asks him how he knows he won't run during the battle. Wilson says he signed up to fight and gets angry when Henry keeps pestering him. Henry then feels like he is the only one who feels like he does. No one else seems to have the same internal conflict as him.

Response: Henry still seems really concerned over how he will react to his first battle. He feels like he is all alone in the world. It seems like he regrets ever enlisting, and he feels like his mother was right. He just seems like a little boy who realized that his dreams were maybe too big. Henry also realizes that war is not as glorious as he once thought it was. It is cold, wet, and painful because he has to walk all the time. He is confused and is just looking for some guidance which he seems to find a little of in Jim. Also is Henry in the Civil War because it seems like it because he says how they are fighting in his country. Is the in the Union Army because it says how he is wearing blue and was that the color that the Union wore in the Civil War?

Characters: Wilson the loud solider. He seems ready to fight.