Chapter 10- Stockings AND Chapter 11- Church

I decided to combine these chapters because they were short! So here we go...

STOCKINGS:
This chapter is about a man named Henry Dobbins. Henry Dobbins was:
-a superb soldier
-not sophisticated
-big
-strong
-full of good intentions
-really fat (second time thats mentioned)
-slow
-plodding along (3rd time)
-believer in virtues and hard labor
-drawn toward sentimentality

He wore his girlfriend's pantyhose around his neck. "The pantyhose, he said, had the properties of a good-luck charm." (pg. 111) They reminded him of his girl back home and at night he would use them as a pillow. The other soldiers made fun of him until one day he got extremely lucky in battle. "It turned us into a platoon of believers. YOu don't dispute facts." (pg.112) Later his girlfriend dumped him. It really hit him hard. But he still contiuned to wear the stockings because he was convinced the magic didn't go away.


CHURCH:
The soldiers take shelter in a church and they are aided by some monks who don't speak english. Kiowa is freaking out because he is extremely religious and he says how it doesn't feel right to be taking shelter in a church. "It's bad news," Kiowa said. "You just don't mess with Churches." (pg.113)Kiowa and Dobbins have a talk about what they want to do after the war. Dobbins talks about how he thinks he wants to joing the Church and become a monk. It seems like he wants to join the Church more out of security rather than actual drive. Kiowa is probably more religious than Dobbins and he says how he could never see himself doing that.