Assignment
#8 (123-137):
1) Explore
Brinker’s change and development shown in this reading. Find two
specific examples from this reading of how they have changed. Also, explore why
that might be and show how you know this.
Brinker Hadley, who everyone thought
would be the first to enlist, quickly becomes disillusioned with the idea of
fighting. Initially,
Brinker represents responsibility and adulthood. He appears to be more mature
than the other boys, and his acceptance of the war and eagerness to enlist
reflects it. Throughout chapter nine it becomes apparent that Brinker's
abandonment of his earlier ideals represents his growth. Gene expands on the
idea of Brinker’s growth on page 130, “ He had not resented my change of heart,
and in fact had immediately undergone one himself. If he could not enlist- and
for all his self-sufficiency, Brinker could not go much without company-he
could at least cease to be a multifariously civilian” (Knowles 130). Brinker
begins to drop out of all his extra curricular activities due to Gene’s change
of heart about enlisting in the war. He drops out of multiple clubs, and his
physical appearance changes when his well-bred clothes begin disappear. This
once bold, passionate, adult figure begins to fade away from the frontrunner’s
position throughout chapter nine. Brinker doesn’t even want to participate in
Finny’s winter carnival as read on page 130, “What are we supposed to be celebrating?
Frankly, I just don’t see anything to celebrate” (Knowles 130). Brinker Hadley
quickly becomes tainted by the war, and eventually doesn’t want anything to do
with it. Brinker doesn't want to fight in the war his father started.
Do you think Brinker
will be drafted to the war?
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