Adam changed many ways in chapter 3. Many of these changes due to the decisions that he must make. Throughout the entire chapter there are hints that there will be a battle or a small fight. And even before I read it, I knew that Adam would need to prove to his father that he was a man, and not a boy.

Before chapter 3, I thought that Adam's father was not giving Adam a chance by not letting him go to the Committee meeting. However, I was very surprised that his father let him sign the muster book. I don't think that it was just going to the common that made Adam a man, but that he had the courage to sign the book. It shows that he had the courage to risk his life for his country. That is what makes someone a man, not how old they...