Is Jonathan a Risk Taker?

I realized that Jonathan often takes the role of a risk taker. Ever since the beginning of the story Jonathan has followed his heart. The first sign that I noticed was that Jonathan made his own decision to go to war. He had been told by his father that war was a dangerous place that wasn't fit for a boy. He also said that he might be killed by the vicious Hessians. But, Jonathan ignored his advice and he took the risk of being killed. (This is shown on page ten in which it is states, "He meant to go and fight".) Also, due to his decision to battle the Hessians Jonathan was putting himself at stake. Even though this is mainly physically Jonathan could be hurt mentally. This is because once he sees the carnage the image will haunt him forever. Another way that Jonathan has shown that he is a risk taker is that when he was hiding from the Hessian soldiers he decided to alert them when ,"He jumped up and said Don't shoot".(pg 59). Jonathan most likely knew that they might be startled and this would cause them to shoot but he wanted to take a risk instead of being a small child who is always hiding. So I truly believe that Jonathan shows the characteristic of a risk taker.