Kara

            The author believes that there are two kinds of courage: the courage to go to war or to escape to Canada. In my mind, note I have never lived in a time of war like this or had to make this decision, it took more courage to go war than to run.

            In Canada, yes, you were shamed, looked down upon, but you were safe! You were not afraid of being blown to bits or fired on in the night. In the story, Billy Boy Watkins literal dies of fright after having his leg blown off. You could sleep peacefully without the terror of never waking up. Of going home in a crate with the US flag laying on your body, if you were even found! This time of continuous fear, rather than shame, was more courageous than the men that escaped to Canada.