Wills Motivation As A Soldier

Decent Essays
Wills motivation is to put up with his and to get over and doing what he is told

Wills major flaw is anger toward his uncle because he thinks his uncle is a coward because he didn't fight in the war believes he is a coward.

Vocabulary

29 Unconvincingly
“Oh, we caught some little ones and threw them back,” Hank said unconvincingly.” persuading or assuring by argument or evidence

35 auger
A tool that makes a whole “Now, hand me that auger.” a boring tool, similar to but larger than a gimlet, consisting of a bit rotated by a transverse handle.

91monotonous
Lacking in variety “The monotonous scraping of the whetstone and the chirring of the locusts

Summary
Will is starting to get along with his uncle. Will and his uncle are starting

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