Refer to one or more details in Chapter 1 that describe the narrator's ideas about war both before he joins the army and when he finds he’ll actually be going into battle. Cite textual evidence that is directly stated as well as inferences you have made f

Before joining the army, he dreamed of grand battles that "thrilled him with their sweep and fire," and he seems to desire a "Greeklike" or "Homeric" struggle. His mother had discouraged him from joining but he enlists anyway. When Henry finally joins the army, he finds it is an endless series of marches with little "action". In his first skirmish however, Henry feels the rush of adrenalin and fear. Henry, like many me, turns and runs away during his first battle. Henry feels a crushing sense of guilt after he retreats.