A Character Analysis Of The Character 'Aubrey In John Knowles'

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The character I am choosing is Aubrey for this question and her struggle in the war mentally. Aubrey struggles mentally because she hates killing the Russians or anyone in general, she just wants to win the war without ending other's lives. The reason I know this is Aubrey struggles to kill someone every time she has to do it, she feels waves of guilt crush her down. She also cried almost everyday because of all the people she killed, and adding to that she knows that the people she killed didn't even see her coming because she was invisible. Jack tries to comfort her by trying to give her advice. I agree with Jack’s advice, his advice was when he reminded her that she is doing all this for a good reason. Every bullet she uses to kill another

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