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>
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Usually they are bigger and better than most normal humans but some have their flaws that make them more "likeable"
Most likely to appeal to the reader’s emotions