ENTP 9w8 Characters

Lewis is able to remain detached and open-minded about most people, even if he doesn’t personally like tem. He says Sobel is a good man for whipping people into shape, even if his methods are cruel and not always rational (such as making people run uphill after a full meal, so they will puke all over themselves), but that he will get them all killed in the field. He knows when Dick is maneuvering to keep his men safe, and also looks after them himself. Lewis usually manages to know a lot about whatever is going on, before anyone else, through a combination of intel and pure smarts. He is also more comfortable behind a desk than on the front lines and enjoys the socializing aspect of his job, but hates writing letters home to the parents of dead soldiers. His morals are nebulous at best, and seem to be based in opportunism. Lewis does not always respect the chain of command or obey orders, looking for loopholes and ways to profit off their forward march. After the war, he takes to robbing the houses they pass by of silver, to send it home as a ‘nest egg’ for later. Lewis is well-liked and respected, but also rants about why it’s always his job to deliver bad news, and is angry and upset to find out his wife is leaving him—and taking his dog! When it’s all over, he intends to return home to the family business in New Jersey and “make something of myself” at last, showing a certain fondness for his roots.

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Though an intelligent officer, Lewis is often found “slacking” and/or “resting.” Half the time, he’s asleep when others come into the room, or drowning his sorrows in a bottle. He ranges from being assertive and calm in intense situations to backing off from intense disapproval. This is best expressed in the final episode, in which he enters a German household and discovers a framed photograph of an officer on the piano. Lewis smashes it on the floor, then hears something behind him and notices the man’s wife giving him a look of stern disapproval. He flinches, and soon leaves the house to avoid being around her anymore. He is smart, but doesn’t have the kind of ambition that Winters does, and admits that when he goes home, his family will “expect me to make something of myself.” He has a cold and ruthless side as well, which gives in to his anger. After a man shoots one of his men in the head with friendly fire, on purpose while drunk, Lewis orders the men to find him and work him over, then pistol-whips him, but he manages to restrain himself from shooting this man in the head and holds him for a court martial.