Chapter 5

In chapter 5 there are a lot of things that happen. one is that henry gets to experience his first fight. this is a huge experience for him because he has no idea what to do. But when the enemy draws near his body basically goes into auto pilot. He can't remember if he loaded his gun or not but all of the sudden he just picks it up and starts shooting. And right before this happens he sees an officer beating the piss out of another soldier that was trying to run and i think that that makes him do what he did also. he got this feeling that he was apart of something bigger than himself when his body just took over. Instead of feeling like he was there for himself like he thought he was he felt like he was there for his regiment and the whole army. He felt a certain brotherhood with the people that he was fighting with. Then he felt the affects of a war atmosphere: Blistering sweat, a sensation that his eyeballs were about to crack like hot stones, and a burning roar in his ears. then he felt the red rage. he felt like he could not killl the other men fast enough. He wanted to go out and start strangling them with his bare hands. He was ovedrcome with the feeling of just wanting to kill. then towards the end they realize that they have held them off and start cheering. I wonder how he will reflect of this first battle that he was in? I think it will put a good feeling in him.