Henry's Personality In All Quiet On The Western Front

Henry’s personality throughout the story has changed vastly. As a younger man going through war he experienced and saw things of very graphic nature things that really change a man, sometimes not for the better. Like in some cases today people that go overseas to fight come home with PTSD syndrome. PTSD syndrome according todictionary.com is: Posttraumatic stress disorder is an anxiety disorder that can develop after a person is exposed to one or more traumatic events, such as sexual assault, warfare, traffic collisions, terrorism or other threats on a person's life. Symptoms include disturbing recurring flashbacks, avoidance or numbing of memories of the event, and hyperarousal, continue for more than a month after the occurrence of a traumatic event. Henry feels more anxiety towards situations then he did before the war, flashbacks occur of the things he had seen and social situations are more awkward then they were before the war. Although Henry did have some significant changes he still had some quality’s that stayed the same. Henry still had a thriving for war and was always trying to prove himself to be a better soldier. He loved being complemented and rewarded for his tactics and still was very self-centered as he was at the beginning of the story. Henry does not cheat his way to the honor …show more content…
Always trying to get the approval of his other comrades and all of the risks he took really helped him excel and really earn his red badge of courage. Not that many soldiers his age had the courage to step out and throw himself into battle like he did. Giving there was hardships and many setbacks but all of those only made him the better soldier he is today. Going in the war at such a young age really changes a person and the fact that he survived and strived only shows how strong and impressive he could be giving his