Sokka is alone
He is his tribes last line of defence
Two years ago, his father and the men of his tribe journeyed to the Earth Kingdom to help fight against the Fire Nation.
Leaving him alone.
Here he prepares to fight and has to use his teeth to tie his wraps because this ritual is meant to be done with your tribes men.
but there is no one left to help him
He promised his father he would protect his tribe and has dedicated himself to it.
To the extent that he can apply their traditional war paint alone without a mirror.
At times this is played for laughs. Hes off playing soilder, as katara call it, trying to train small children to be wariors
But he was not much older than they are when the fire nation attacked and took his mother away.
now he's alone, the only male of age, raised in a society that says he is the only one left who can fight to protect his tribe.
He is preparing to die.
He's seen what happens, he knows what's likely to happen.
They took all of the other benders away before he was born and now they've come for his little sister.
and he is ready to have his last breath be in defence of the ones he loves. Even if it is all futial.
