Wednesday, October 13, 2010
What choice would YOU make?
I noticed that Jonathan encounters many choices to make in the novel. For example, he already made the choice to go to war. Also, he must decide whether or not to listen to his father. On page six, his father says, "Don't you--by God--don't you go beyond!" When his father exclaims this, he's telling Jonathan not to go beyond their property to the tavern. After that, he also chooses lies to mother to explain why he's going against his father's word. He must also answer the corporal's question as to whether he's going to fight or not. By now, he's not as confident about going as he was before. On page twenty-one, the narrator tells us, "Jonathan noticed how nervous they were. It hadn't occurred to him that they would be." He must choose to either go and fight like he was so certain he would before, or to bow out because everything wasn't how he assumed. There are many more choices that Jonathan needs to make.
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