Character

Characters

Henry Fleming- He is the main character and he is also known as the young soldier, I also think that he is a mama’s boy.
Henry’s Mother- she is over protective and tells him he can come home whenever.
Jim Conklin- He is known as the Tall Soldier, I think that he is considered the wiser one.
Wilson- he is also known as the Loud Soldier.
Tattered Soldier- he is the soldier that looks like he is homeless
Lieutenant- he is in charge and he says some mean things about the regiment and I don’t think he has much faith in them

Chapter 24

In the final chapter they are ordered back up the river, as they walk along henry thinks of all of the past battles and what he did earlier on compared to now. Henry is now changed and he is very overwelmed and happy because of how great he has done in the last few battles and he is able to forgive himself of the guilt and gives himself some praise. As rain begins to fall from the sky, Henry smiles, he is picturing a world of beauty, happiness, and eternal peace.

Chapter 23

They are all ordered a final charge at fence and with the last amount of energy they all charge. they seem some enemy men flee, and they talk about capturing the opponents flag, Wilson succeeds in prying it from the dead enemy's fingers. they end up capturing four soldiers one is cursing them, one is talking with interest, one is staring, and one is ashamed to be captured. Henry settles in some grass and him and Wilson talk of everything they have accomplished.
Question: since they got the enemy's flag does this mean they have completely won?

Chapter 22

For the next battle Henry has great self confidence. as the battles rage on the regiment loses a lot of men and is very scarce, Henry looses himself for a while and just watches around but he tells himself no matter what he can not retreat and at the time he can only stand and watch what is happening around him. the regiment is becoming almost nothing compared to the enemy and Henry makes sure Wilson and the lieutenant are unhurt.
Question: this time they are not so strong it seems to just change, and also it seems like the story is being more focused on the gore and blood of the battle?

Chapter 21

they go back to formation and other soldiers are mocking them, Henry looks back at the battle field and realizes that what seemed to be so big was actually really small. the commander who talked bad about the regiment comes up and call them mud diggers and this makes the soldiers of the 304Th regiment very angry and a big fuss is brought up and everyone is talking among themselves. as all the men are talking two soldier come up and tell Henry and Wilson they over heard the lieutenant talking and he said that they are probably the strongest and the best in the regiment and they try and act like it is no big deal but inside they are both very satisfied and have new confidence in the war.

Chapter 20

They keep charging with the flag and see soldiers are following along more. Henry is trying to reassure him self and he does he says how if the enemy is meant to win this battle at least it will be a fight because the 304Th regiment fights with confidence. finally they get the enemy to retreat and all of the men are so happy and they feel as though weight was uplifted off there shoulders, the rejoice and have more confidence then ever.
Question: i knew they could do it!

Chapter 19

when Henry and Wilson find out that their regiment is being insulted they are really shocked and upset because they think that their regiment is really great what makes it worse is that they over hear the officer and lieutenant talking and they say how they think that most of the 304Th soldiers will probably die in the up coming battle. Henry and Wilson go back to the other soldiers and want to tell them what they have just heard and that they need to get ready to charge but as the officers are getting them into formation they think that they should keep the secret to them selves because they don't want to taunt any of the soldiers or at least scare them or anything, so they just prepare them selves for battle. finally the men charge forward and they reach the enemy lines and Henry and Wilson are just watching as many soldiers are getting taken out one by one bullet by bullet and the look deformed (grotesque) Henry sees the regiments flag and he starts to run to it as if it were sacred and then the soldier responsible for carrying it is shot down so Henry and Wilson pry the flag from the dead soldiers fingers and begin to charge on.
Question: why do the officers and them think that the 304th regiment will be horrible in battle and die because i thought that they were one of the best?

Chapter 18

the troops in the trenches rest while all the other fighting in the woods continues, thick smoke takes over the woods and all you can hear is the sounds of gun fire. all of the sudden Wilson and Henry hear a friend Jimmie Rodgers cry out in pain and Wilson thinks that there is a stream near by so he goes to get some water and Henry follows, they can't find a stream but they have a really good view of the battle unfolding and they See who all of the blue men are swarming everywhere they see a general or comrad trample over a wounded man and then i think a general and his people pass by as 2 comrades are discussing their weak position and then the officer tells them that he doesn't need Henry's regiment, which is 304Th, and he says because they fight like mule drivers
Question: i didn't really understand this chapter, like the conversation with the officers, generals, and lieutenant?

Chapter 17

so all of the soldiers are still waiting and they are all getting very tired and also anise but there is still no battle taking place. henry actually gets into a battle and keeps shooting and reloading over and over and he refuses to back down, i think he has realized what he did was wrong and now he is trying to prove he is a loyal soldier but then he hears this laughing coming from one of his fellow soldiers and then henry realizes he is firing at nothing, then all of the sudden the battle is over and the enemy fled. they all say that henry was great in the battle and the litunut said that if he had a lot (ten thousand) of men like henry he would probably win the war in a week. henry says that it was as if he had fallen asleep and woken as a knight.
Question: why all of the sudden do they all think so highly of henry, did he do something that great?

Chapter 16

All of the soldiers are being led to the trench and then Wilson falls fast asleep once they are there.just like in earlier chapters rumors of battle and enemy's approaching are spread rapidly. Henry and his group are led into the forest by their leaders and Henry gets mad and is complaining a lot about the poor leadership, when he is complaining another soldier mocks him and Henry gets like self conscious and stops. finally the lieutenant has a spot for them in the woods and tells them that they will be battling the enemy in minutes and the men grow scared any sad as they hear the battle in the background.
Question: why is Henry's group/regiment taken into the woods and not the trenches?

Chapter 15

Henry then remembers that he had a yellow envelope that Wilson had asked to be delivered to his family upon his death. He wanted to remind him about it but then he thought that is was best not to bring it up now. he doesn't want to bring it up because he is afraid that it will remind Wilson of his bravery and ask Henry what he is been up to for the past day. He does not worry about the battles that are yet come because he is scared that he is "doomed to greatness and won't be able to be killed ever" Wilson interrupts Henry and asked him for the envelope back. Henry then finally gives it to him and Wilson seem like he was very embarrassed. Henry starts imagining telling his mother and a young woman from his hometown stories of the war.

Chapter 14

when Henry wakes up in the morning it is dawn and grey he said that he felt like he was sleeping for a thousand years. he says he hears a deadly persistency in the back ground, then he looks around and sees all of his fellow soldiers and he for a moment believes that he is dead and he gets scared and yells out. (the loud soldier) Wilson asks Henry how he feels as he tends to his head. Henry tells him that oh lord it hurts pretty bad, but Henry realizes that the loud soldier really isn't loud anymore because he keeps checking on the youth (Henry) and is being really sensitive and caring and that is is actually quiet and confident. henry and wilson are talking and he says that jim is dead and also they are interupted by 2 other soldiers talking bad about somthing and Wilson tells them to keep the peace and him and henery keep talking then henry tells him that many of the other soldiers were lost from there group and went to the forest to fight the enemy and henry said that he knew that because that is were he was, is what he said.
Question: I don't really have a question i just think that it is cool how the loud soldier is no longer known as loud and that he has changed for the good.

Chapter 13

Henry finally gets the courage to go back to his fire even though he is so scared that his fellow soldiers will be angry with him because he disappeared and left the battle line. at camp a lot of hims fellow soldiers are sleeping so he struggles to get were he needs to be while he is struggling he hears a loud voice and it is (the loud soldier) Wilson and asked if that was Henry, Henry said yes and the loud soldier was happy to see him and thought that he was dead. He tells the loud soldier that he was shot in the dead after he got separated from the group and a friend hears him say that he has been shot and gets Simpson the doctor and Simpson examines him and says that Henry was "gazed by a ball" and it has just left no more than a lump and that it has stopped bleeding a long time ago and that some "feller" had just landed on him and hit him in the head?.Henry watches around the camp and then Wilson hands him some coffee and he tends to his head with a wet cloth and gave Henry his blanket and then he is happy that everything is okay and he falls asleep.
Question: it kind of seemed that Simpson was almost laughing inside that Henry thought that his big dumb was very bad?

Chapter 12

Henry finally sees what is going on in the battle Field. his soldiers retreat because the enemy attacked the infantrymen?. all of these scared men started to run toward Henry he tried asking what went wrong and also what had happened because he didn't know why all of the sudden he were leaving the battle. he tries to grab a man and ask him but the man hits him in the head with his rifle barrel Henry falls down and tries to get away from the men running all over the opposite way of the battle. some stranger comes up to Henry and helps him then he helps him try to find his regiment he point to the campfire of his regiment and he says goodbye and good luck and he disappears and Henry looks for him and realizes he never once looked at his face, he remembers his big strong hands on his shoulders.
Question: is this stranger maybe a spirit or something? especially if he never saw his face maybe if was suppose to be like that? i don't know?

Chapter 11

the battle is getting more and more intense. he sees some other soldiers going to battle and they are all getting pumped up to go and it almost makes him want to go along to the battle field but he reminds himself that he has no gun, he is also hungry and thirsty and his body is achy and he is sore and tired. he tries to see which side is winning and he starts to think that if his side loses it will kind of be his fault because of his actions.. he left the line of battle. he starts think also that his army has won a lot and think that he says he wants most of them of them or all of them to be sick and lose but then he puts a huge blame on himself and also makes himself guilty and says he is the worst man alive.
Question: why did he want his fellow soldiers to be ill? i got mixed up in that part.

Chapter 10

The tattered man is still thinking about how amazing it was that Jim had that much strength before he died to run from him and Henry. finally they leave Jim lay there and the tattered man talks about how is doesn't feel good at all and then when he says that Henry worries that that tattered man will die on him to and he doesn't want to see another death right now, but the tattered man says that he won't die because he has family with children and he has to make it home to them. he starts talking more and more and tells how he saw some soldier get shot in the head and he didn't even realize he was even hurt until he was dead. then the tattered man thinks Henry is his old friend Tom Jamison and tells him that he also looks weak, and that he should get his injury looked at by someone or it could get infected or worse.
Question: how does the tattered man get Henry and this Tom Jamison guy confused? Who is he, or does it not matter?

Quiz 2

Henry is referred to as "the youth" and Wilson is referred to as "the loud private." How has each character changed from the beginning of the story to now, specifically in regards to these monikers? Use specific examples from the story to support your answer.

• They all have nicknames like Jim is the tall soldier and Henry is the youth and Wilson is the loud private, i think that they have these nicknames because it is easier for them to be remembered and also when talks about all of the different people then it talks about these characters with nicknames you know exactly who they are because they are unique. Henry i think has given in to his "nickname" (moniker) because he is a youth and acts like one and how he left the battle line, since he is called the youth they would probably guess that he would make decisions like that. Also Wilson is obviously loud because that is why they call him the loud private, and i am guessing that Jim is tall, i think that Jim will also become more wise since he is injured and still alive he will also be known for how brave he is and it think it will give him more confidence. i also realized that Jim is no longer the tall soldier because he has fallen and died, and the loud soldier has become quiet and calm and caring and confident from what he first was and i think that it is the war that has done this.

Chapter 9

Henry wished that he could have a wound so he would have a red badge of courage. Henry went back and saw Jim and he was so excited and Jim asked him were he had been and Jim thought he was keeled over. also Jim was telling how he was out here shot and it was like a circus. Jim told Henry that he was afraid he will fall over and the artillery wagons would run him over but Henry swears to god that he will take care of Jim is happy and glad that Henry says that, then all the sudden he tells Henry to stay away from him and Henry is confused but he still tries to take Jim into a field were the artillery wagons won't get him or scare him, Jim refuses and he runs into a bush i think? and then Henry and the tattered soldier go in after him and watch Jim fall down and he starts shaking very fast and finally Jim dies and that tattered soldier and Henry (the youth) are horrified.
Question: why does Jim not want them to take him to the feild? What made Jim just almost freak out like he did?

Chapter 8

Henry has fled and they have won but also Jim died and Henry remembers how he saw Jim running when he was injured and he couldn't believe that Jim could run like that because he was hurt pretty bad. also Henry is trying to think of something to tell the other soldiers why he left the battle line, he thinks that he wants to tell him that an injured soldier was talking to him about how he would never leave the line because it is wrong and you just  don't do it and also that the injured soldier was talking so he couldn't' just leave him and then when he told him this he had to leave and get back to his fellow fighters. but really he is just scared and a coward.

Question: i don't really have a question i just think that the right thing is  for Henry to go back and just tell them all that he was afraid, just tell them the truth because it will end up kicking him in the butt later anyways.

Chapter 7

The young soldier had fled and they were all happy because they had won but they talked about how Jim had died, and the Youth was remembering how he saw Jim running when he was injured and he couldn't believe for how bad he was hurt that he could run like he did. The youth is worried because he knows that he has done something bad, he had fled the battle line but he tries and makes what he did sound good and he tries to reassure himself.

i think that he is in the army to fight for his loved ones and for himself and his country and what he did was wrong.

Chapter 6

They thought that the fighting was over and they were all hoping they wouldn't come again until a week from Monday and then one saw that they were coming again and then they all saw the flag charging again. they all got up their bodies were stiff and they were tired, they wanted someone to send out supports because they were all doing everything they were the only ones that seemed to be fighting all the rebels. the youth became stiff and didn't know if he would move his joints  and his hands were awkward and his arms almost numb. there was a revelation, many fled their was no shame in their faces. the youth left his rifle and did the same thing with no shame on his face, he realized that he had lost the direction of safety, he had left his rifle lay somewhere. he saw the lieutenant bawling and he looked very red, he made a dab with his sword. then the youth was  running like a blind man and he fell like 3 times. i think that the youth was just going crazy, almost having an out of body experience? 

Question: what was he watching was he watching the enemy when he was explaining the comrades shouting and the officers on horses?

Chapter 5

The Youth was looking back on his child hood and how he used to watch parades he was interrupted by someone yelling "Here they come!" and is was being repeated by almost everyone and then everyone was making sure they were ready and that their guns were loaded finally the youth realized his gun was not loaded, he kind of was struggling, they are suppose to hold them back also (commands from the commander). they were all getting ready and their adrenaline was pumping and he shot one shot to say they were going to start fighting. he started to realize again that it is reality and began to feel The effects of war: a blistering sweat, a sensation that his eyeballs were about to crack like hot stones. a burning roar filled his ears. following this came red rage: he wanted to strangle with his fingers and he had a mad feeling against his gun that he would you against one life at a time, etc. The Tall solder asked why they don't support us? why don't they send support? also the youth heard this as he was dozed of.
Question: why do they need support are they a smaller group? or is it a bigger enemy?

Quiz #1

Post your answer to the following question in the most current location on your blog. Be complete. You may use your notes (obviously).

1. What does the title of this book mean? Be specific in your response, noting Henry's comments.

• The title of the story means that when you are fighting in battle and you are still alive but you are hurt and no one is around or to busy to help, Henry says how he would never want to be.
  

2. What is the importance of the tattered man? What does he represent?

• It shows how gruesome the war is, i think that when the youth and Henry see it, it makes them realize wow, this is real this is the real thing.
  

3. What role does Henry's mother play while he is away from her?

• She makes sure he knows that she will be home no matter what and also if anything gets a hole like his socks he needs to just send them home and she will sew them for him. she is really over protective.
  

4. How does Henry use the squirrel to justify his actions?

• ? i am not this far. :( sorry.
  

Chapter 4

There is a lot of new characters in this chapter. they are talking about how each of them are either brave or hurt or good at commanding or being officers, etc. they are in battle and the youth and his friends were freezing in silence. they could see a flag through the smoke then they saw "a turbulent stream of men across the fields." as they were preparing for battle a shell went over the reserves heads and they could hear it screaming, is ended up exploding in the ground and the reserves were showered with pine needles. then came the bullets hitting trees and knocking down twigs and things. the lieutenant got shot in the hand, he was swearing a lot and it made a nervous laughter in through out the reserves and it kind of relieved some tightness. he rapped it with a handkerchief. There were comanders going down a stream with swords hitting anyone and everyone they could reach.
Question: Then the youth thought about the other troops that didnt' show and how they could run and he was going to run with them? but he was faster? i didn't under stand what he meant by that.

Chapter 3

The Chapter opens up and it says how the brave worried soldiers slept. they got up early and started on a path and as they went along they were counting miles with their fingers, they also started to grumble and complain. they started to hear guns firing but Henry thought that is was thunder. Henry started to expect a battle scene and try to picture one, he got one in his head but when they actually got there he said that nothing looked like he expected. they came upon a dead soldier that was an enemy and saw that the soles of his shoes were warn very thin and he looked as if he was staring at the sky, i think it spooked the younger soldiers. the youth and the loud soldier were talking while all of the battle was happening (yelling) and they were saying how they would rather be anywhere but here, and i think that then the loud soldier gets shot because he says that he is going to die? But then he says that it is his first and last battle.. because he can feel it? so i was confused on that part?
Henry wishes he was home because he realizes that he misses the cows that he had, even though when he was home he hated them i think that he is worried because he feels that he isn't in the right place.

Chapter 2

they hear that they might be going to battle the next day and then they find out that it wasn't true and they are relieved because i don't think that they want to go, i mean who would. then once again they hear that the are going to battle and Henry gets really worried and scared and doesn't want to go because he thinks that once they start to battle that he will run from it and be a fool, he also would not stop worry about it he would just walk back and fourth thinking about it and he was basically freaking out and he is starting to want to go home and wish that he would have never of come to war in the first place. the tall soldier and his companion start to cry, i think?, and they praise them selves because they are safe and all.

Question: why are they so scared for this battle i mean of course anyone would but that is what they are there for to fight, i don't know if some of them are forced to fight or what? but if they are so scared why are they even in the army?

Chapter 1

The Army is up on a hill and they are resting, they awake and get all eager because they have to start battle, they hear a lot of rumors and have to make sure they are either true or false. A young solider caught news that he would finally get to fight in battle along with everyone else. Jim the tall soldier) tells Henry to just wait for tomorrow and you will see what battle is about. They also discuss how they think the regiment will do and they think that they will be alright.

- I got really confused at the end of the story when the tall soldier and Henry were talking.