31 That feeling helped bring the company together. “No doubt about it,”
Winters said. “It was feeling everybody shared. Juniors officers, noncoms, enlisted men, we all felt exactly the same way.” But, he added, “It brought
us together. We had to survive Sobel.” p. 26.
The text above shows that Winters is able to see a problem about the lack of judgement of Sobel, there is a point that can make Easy Company bound
together. It is analyzed based on Murphy’s 1972 theory of characterization. It is derived from the direct comments p. 170.
After Winters is promoted into Battalion regiment, which is higher than the Company, there are some replacements officers to lead for Easy Company. One
day, there was an attack at Bastogne, Belgium which is led by Dike. Unfortunately, he could not lead the company well. After the end of the combat,
winters joins a meeting at the regimental HQ. That evening, Colonel Sink called for a meeting at regimental HQ for all
the principal parties involved in the attack. Sink opened with a question for Winters:”What are you going to do about E Company?”
“Relieve Lieutenant Dike and put Lieutenant Speirs in command,” Winters replied p. 212.
The text above shows that Winters is giving the decision to replace the leader for Easy Company. It is the best and the wisest way to avoid his men the
failure of to win the combat. He does not want his men to go to a great danger because of the leadership system of the Company leader. It is analyzed based on
Murphy’s 1972 theory of characterization. It is derived from the conversation of others p. 167.
7. Caring
The member of Easy Company is close to each other. Officer, enlisted men, non- coms soldier respected togetherness. Richard Winters is very caring
32 with his men. One moment, there is a person who is wounded in Holland, but he
rejoins up his men in Belgium. Winters thinks that he does not need to rejoin if he is still wounded.
As Peacock left, Father John Maloney brought Joe Toye back from the aid station in Bastogne in his jeep. He dropped Toye off by the road. Toye
started walking across the field toward the front line. Winters saw him, his arm in a sling, heading back toward the front.
“Where are you going?”Winters asked. “You don’t have to go back to the line.
“I want to go back with the fellows,” Toye replied, and kept walking p. 200.
The text above shows that Winters is giving attention to his men. Joe Toye come with his arm in a sling and has conversation with Winters. He tells Joe, that
he does not need to go back to the line, but Joe just acts as if there is nothing happened because his arm is recovered. It is analyzed based on Murphy’s 1972
theory of characterization. It is derived from the conversation of others p. 167. The war is almost over and Winters is asked by his ranking officer to take a
patrol. He asked the men had a patrol. The patrol succeed to take the prisoner, but one man is killed. The next day, his officer asks Winters to take another patrol. He
thinks that another patrol does not mean anything with one men killed, it is the same as suicidal.
Colonel Sink was so delighted with the successful patrol, he ordered another one for the next night. In the meantime, however, it had snowed,
then turned colder. The snow was frozen on top, crunchy, noisy. The cold air had cleared out the sky and the moon was shining. Winters thought a
patrol under such circumstances was suicidal, so he decided to disobey orders.
Sink and a couple of staff officers came to 2d Battalion CP to observe. They had a bottle of whiskey with them. Winters said he was going down
to the river bank to supervise the patrol. When he got to the outpost, he told the men to just stay still. With the whiskey working on him, sink would
