Themes,motifs,and symbols:

Motifs:

• Noise and Silence: Henry is having an internal battle, doubting himself. He is very quiet, but everyone else continues to talk and noise continues on around him. When Henry stays for battles, it is very loud and all over the place. Henry runs away into the forest and it is very calm and silent.
  
• Youth and maturity: Henry and the others at camp seem to be fairly young. They are very mature to just pick up everything and go to war for what is right. Henry keeps going from youth to maturity, he's mature when he signs up to fight. He then becomes childish again when he thinks of running, but he stays and fights so he is once again mature.
  
• Clean and dirty: The clean and dirty represents the veterans and the new members of the army. Henry notices how clean their hats are, while the veterans hats are faded and torn. At this point I don't know if Henry's thinks will ever get dirty or tattered, he's always contemplating on running away. If he doesn't fight, his things will stay clean.
  
• Light and Dark:
  

Symbols:

• Dead soldier: The dead soldier really fascinates Henry. It's after seeing him that Henry decides he would rather just be killed.
• The Dead Soldier: I think that the dead soldier reflects what could become of Henry. Maybe the soldier also ran, because of that he ran out of food and water supply, dying.
• The flag: I think that the flag could represent that they are fighting for a cause, they're country/what's right and just. The army isn't going to give up, they will continue fighting.
• The flag: Now I think that the flag actually represents what is going on during the war. Before it was calm, just flowing in the wind. Now it's jerking as if someone is shaking it, to tell the soldiers that the enemy is attacking.

Themes:

• Courage: Henry really shows courage in this chapter, it's when he finally get it. He forgets all about his thoughts of running and his thoughts of just dying. He fights alongside the other soldiers and contributes to the end result.
• Disregard for Human Life: I think that when somebody dies, and they just leave them, don't cover them up or anything is a disregard for human life.
• Self-preservation: Henry is always thinking about running away, not caring about whether other people will die or not. He only cares whether or not he will die.
• Manhood: When Henry finally stays and continues to fight in battle, he has finally achieved manhood.