The Importance Of PVT Ball

I feel that as if PVT Ball is giving up and no longer wants to fight. In my opinion he is dying. However, he does wants to live. Yes, he abandoned his weapon and kept his gas mask. He has lost his will to fight. By abandoning his weapon is one way to ensure that if anyone stumbles upon him they would not kill him. In both war time as well as peace time, there is an unspoken rule that one would not kill an unarmed man. However, he can be taken into captivity. By keeping the gas mask, it also ensures PVT Ball would have survived in the event of a chemical attack.
The way the author used allusions to covey the importance of the weapon is so amazing. He incorporated important women in one’s life to ensure that he knew his weapon as well as treat