How does critical incidents reveal character?

Emotional unraveling!

Explanation:

When a critical event occurs in a story or even in real life, either it be traumatizing or emotionally triggering, this will always let on to a deeper, more raw version of a character/person. If they were putting up a show before, they will more than likely let down their guard and show their true colors.

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b. cronkite, a trusted television personality, declared that the war was unwinnable and told the american people that the government had better find a way out

even though it went against everything the news anchors typically stood for, cronkite voiced an opinion and took a stance, telling the us that there was no way they were going to win, the war was going to end in a stalemate.