Answer:
The adjective that I think best describes the "<em>lieutenant" </em>in the story is BRAVE.
Explanation:
"An Episode Of War" is a short story by Stephen Crane. The protaginist of the story is unnamed "lieutenant" who lose his arm in the battle. The story tells us about the life of a lieutenant. Their life is tough not only on just the war-field but also when they become victim of the war and loses any of their body parts and become unfit for the war-field. In the story this unnamed lieutenant is treated badly at the hospital by the doctor after he was shot. His family cries seeing him in one arm. But the lieutenant is brave as even after facing this much of problems and scorns he is ready to face the life even with one arm.
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<em>And this is the story of how the lieutenant lost his arm. When he
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<em>reached home, his sisters, his mother, his wife sobbed for a long time
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<em>at the sight of the flat sleeve. "Oh, well," he said, standing
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<em>shamefaced amid these tears, "I don't suppose it matters so much as all
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<em>that."</em>
