Henreys Mother Is Wrong Analysis

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Henreys mother was correct, but she was also wrong at the same time. Henry is a soldier but he seems to be scared of war at times. but he seems to care so much about who he is fighting for and the people he is fighting with. Henry seems to care so much about what he is fighting for and who he is fighting with that he may have the makings to be a soldier.

Henrys mother is correct to say that he does not have the makings to be a soldier. She is correct because he gets very nervous during war. He runs away from a war. and he also gets nervous when he sees dead bodies, or almost dead people on the ground during war. If he wants to be a soldier he needs to be able to see those things and keep moving forward because that is what happens in War. He also needs to stop running from the War, even though others may have started running.
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She could have been wrong because Henreys cares so much about what he is fighting for. He cares so much that he gets mad at himself for running away from the War. He would rather have himself dead than to have started to run away from the War, that is a real strong thing to think as a

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