War and Peace, Book 2: 1805, Chapter 8 요약

줄거리

1. Denísov’s squadron waits under French cannon fire, and Rostóv takes pride in appearing calm.
2. The colonel refuses Denísov’s request to attack and orders the hussars across the bridge.
3. Several messengers demand that the bridge be burned, and the colonel disputes what his earlier orders mean.
4. Denísov’s squadron returns to the bridge, while Rostóv imagines that the colonel means to test his courage.
5. The hussars ignite the bridge under grapeshot, and Rostóv sees a wounded man carried away.
6. Rostóv fears death and calls himself a coward, while the colonel reports success and minimizes the losses.

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눈여겨볼 점

The narrator separates Rostóv’s private shame from his comrades’ understanding. His fear does not mark him out as unusually cowardly.

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