A Farewell To Arms Chapter 5 Summary

Chapter 5: The next moment, Henry finds the Confederates running toward the Unions. The next moment, they heard a loud roar, which came from the Confederates who started to yell. The General started to get mad and told the colonel to tell the soldiers to hold the Confederates back, and the colonel started to scream orders to the other soldiers. Although the commander was bitter to him and the rest of the brigade, he didn’t feel as isolated anymore and felt like he was associated with the rest of the brigade. The commander felt more excited now because he felt like they were winning the battle and told the soldiers to hold their fire until the Confederates got closer. Looking at the crowd of confederates getting closer to him, he placed his rifle in position to shoot the confederates.
Now, feeling more powerful, he was in a red rage, in which he had a mad feeling for the rifle and started using it like if he was crazy. The next moment, the lieutenant started to beat up a soldier who was trying to run away from the front line of the battle. The lieutenant told the soldier that he was going to help the soldier when he needed it. However, the next moment, the army started to drop like flies, and among the dead, was the captain. Seeing a lot of dead bodies, he looked back at the Confederates and saw that they were split into small groups. Taking the chance, Henry started to take a run for it. He sees that the Confederates are still shooting, but some of the shots were not directed at him. Looking ahead, he sees many dead bodies, probably over thousands of