Invariably courage propels people to persevere in the face of adversity. In relation to war, O’Brien says, “it was my worst day at the war. For three hours we carried the bodies down the mountain” (159). In compendiousness, “It is hard to be brave. It is hard to know what bravery is. Dead human beings are heavy and awkward to carry” (If I Die 23). Combat requires mettle; therefore, soldiers use superstition to elicit courage to persevere. They make superstition become a sort of religious faith that has to save each and everyone of them from the twists of fate in the atmospheric strangeness of the jungle. For example, Kiowa “believes in the New Testament stories of life after death” (156), Jimmy Cross believes that he “received a good-luck charm
