Right off the bat we are introduced to this problem as the author begins to describing Mr. Cross’s emotions and fantasies of the girl Martha. This fantasy and lack of focus quickly becomes the antagonist of the story as it results in one of his man, Ted Lavender, being shot and kill during one of their missions. As the story progresses we see the protagonist develop a guilt over the death of his soldier and as we come to the conclusion of the story, we get a protagonist who has completely changed his perspective. Stepping fulling into his roll as a lieutenant, we get a passage describing how he gets rid of everything that reminds him of Martha as he realizes that his obligation is not to be loved but to lead. This again brings us back to the main idea being that personal burdens are the heaviest things this men carry. Showing how the protagonist wants to figure out what Martha is feeling for him through these letters that she's sending him, it drives the plot to where distraction becomes the antagonist of the story and eventually takes the protagonist to make a choice and resolve the problem by burning her pictures and
Right off the bat we are introduced to this problem as the author begins to describing Mr. Cross’s emotions and fantasies of the girl Martha. This fantasy and lack of focus quickly becomes the antagonist of the story as it results in one of his man, Ted Lavender, being shot and kill during one of their missions. As the story progresses we see the protagonist develop a guilt over the death of his soldier and as we come to the conclusion of the story, we get a protagonist who has completely changed his perspective. Stepping fulling into his roll as a lieutenant, we get a passage describing how he gets rid of everything that reminds him of Martha as he realizes that his obligation is not to be loved but to lead. This again brings us back to the main idea being that personal burdens are the heaviest things this men carry. Showing how the protagonist wants to figure out what Martha is feeling for him through these letters that she's sending him, it drives the plot to where distraction becomes the antagonist of the story and eventually takes the protagonist to make a choice and resolve the problem by burning her pictures and