On the Rainy River

Today I will be blogging about the story On the Rainy River. The story is about a young man named Tim O'Brian who gets drafted to war but runs away to Canada. Tim is smarter than average and goes to college. He is also cocky because he claims he is to good to fight this war. So he runs off to Canada in hopes of evading the war draft. He doesn't belive the war is right. Is he a coward for running away? This is the main question through out the whole story. He belived he was too good for the war and that its wrong. He did what he belived. Not very many people do what they belive. He feared that if he goes back home, his community will look down at him for evading the war. Is he a coward for running away or brave for taking the risk to fulfil his beliefs? I personally think he wasn't a coward for taking the risk. Many young men his age were drafted for war and just went without question or concern. Tim O'Brian didn't. He thought the war was wrong and decided to avoid it. I would have done the same thing as well.