When the men
ask Jonathan if the Hessian's
house has a back door, he hesitates. He knows that the corporal
wants to kill
the Germans and Jonathan who has made friends with them, feels guilty for
leading
the soldiers straight to their house. He doesn't hesitate because
he's lying about the back
door, he hesitates because he is trying to think
about a way the Germans could escape and
perhaps a way in which he could help
them without risking his own life. No doubt he is
regretting his decision to
join the army and suddenly feeling his young thirteen years. Jonathan
is way
out of his depth and he is beginning to know it. He probably feels stupid for
allowing
himself taken in by the corporal; a man he can now see is nothing
more than a bloodthirsty
bigot. I think at this point he feels he would be
safer with the Hessians than he would be with
his own countrymen.
The corporal sends Jonathan down to the house to see if
the Germans
are sleeping. Jonathan is supposed to just look through the door, but instead,
he
enters the house, locks the door and warns the German of what is about
to
happen.
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