If your referring to the flashback of his mother Henry is a little disappointed, he expected a more heroic goodbye. I think she is used in the flashback<span /><span> to juxtapose the very unheroic reality that, Henry now understands is the army, he now realizes the horror of war.</span>
The plot. Simple as that :). Hopefully this helps
D.the jolly ragger. The symbol consist of skulls and bones which is a pirate meaning of death and all those.
B is the answer to your question