This chapter is hilarious. Curt Lemon is terrified of the dentist. A dentist comes and they are ordered to be inspected. Lemon is all tensed up while he is waiting to go. When he gets in their, he faints before the dentist even touches him. That is so embarrassing. Especially for a soldier who is supposed to be afraid of nothing.
TO MAKE IT EVEN BETTER he tries to "redeem" himself. He later comes in complaining about a toothache and how he desperately needs his tooth pulled. The dentist says he can't find anything but Lemon insists that he pulls his tooth. So as a result, the dentist pulls his perfectly good tooth. Lemon is not the sharpest tool in the shed.
This shows how shame is Curt Lemon's absolutely worst fear. He would rather die then be embarassed. "Anyone else would'be laughed it off, but for Curt Lemon it was too much. The embarassment must've turned a screw in his head." (pg.84) He did whatever it took to make up for his shame.
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