How does Henry’s mother's reaction to his desire to enlist affect a reader’s understanding of this novel’s setting? Her reaction
helps convey the huge importance of farmwork and the sacrifices made by those whose sons left home to join the war. Her reaction reveals that the government at the time put more value on waging war than on supporting farming families. Her reaction reveals that as a mother she cannot bear the thought of losing her only son to the injustice of war. Her reaction helps convey the popular notion that women at this time did not support the enlistment of teenage boys in war.
Her
reaction reveals that as a mother she cannot bear the thought of losing her
only son to the injustice of war.
Henry’s mother discouraged him from joining the army because
she fears for her son’s safety. The advices she gave to him were concerning
more of the life of Henry – that he should not attempt to beat the entire rebel
alone and that he should do what is right. The scene showed a mother’s concern
for her son and the reader as well would understand a mother’s heart.
The answer was actually her reaction helps convey the huge importance of farm-work and the sacrifices made by those whose sons left home to join the war. Just took the test.
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