The women in this story play a big role. Although, they aren’t in the story as often as the soldiers, they are very important. If the women weren't in the story, then the story would be different and told a different way. Martha, played a huge role in Lieutenant Jimmy Cross’s life. She was a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey, and gave Jimmy items to carry while he was in war. He carried letters, that she would sign “Love, Martha” although he knows it wasn’t love. He carries 2 photographs of Martha. The first one was a color snapshot signed Love, she stood against a brick wall and her eyes were gray and neutral. The second photograph was clipped from the 1968 Mount sebastian yearbook playing volleyball. He often would wonder
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She doesn’t appear until the middle of the story. She was a tall, friendly, big-boned, young girl. She came in by helicopter to see her boyfriend, Mark Fossie. They were “sweethearts” since grammar school. From the sixth grade, they had known they were going to get married, live in a house near Lake Erie, have three healthy children, grow old together, and no doubt, they would die in each other’s arms and be buried together. Although, she was new to this “war” thing, she was very curious and wanted to help out. The war interested her and she wanted to get a feel for how people lived, what the smells and customs were. She wasn’t afraid to get her hands bloody, and at times, she seemed fascinated by it. (93) Then she changes from the sweet, innocent, girl. She stopped wearing jewelry, cut her hair short, and wrapped it in a green bandana. Mark wanted her to go home, and she says, “everything that I want, it right here.” Her bubbliness was gone and she rarely laughed. She starts hanging out with the greenies and would often disappear in the night. When the guys go look for her one day, they find her with a dead leopard that she killed and she wore a necklace of human tongues. She ends up walking off into the mountains and never came
She doesn’t appear until the middle of the story. She was a tall, friendly, big-boned, young girl. She came in by helicopter to see her boyfriend, Mark Fossie. They were “sweethearts” since grammar school. From the sixth grade, they had known they were going to get married, live in a house near Lake Erie, have three healthy children, grow old together, and no doubt, they would die in each other’s arms and be buried together. Although, she was new to this “war” thing, she was very curious and wanted to help out. The war interested her and she wanted to get a feel for how people lived, what the smells and customs were. She wasn’t afraid to get her hands bloody, and at times, she seemed fascinated by it. (93) Then she changes from the sweet, innocent, girl. She stopped wearing jewelry, cut her hair short, and wrapped it in a green bandana. Mark wanted her to go home, and she says, “everything that I want, it right here.” Her bubbliness was gone and she rarely laughed. She starts hanging out with the greenies and would often disappear in the night. When the guys go look for her one day, they find her with a dead leopard that she killed and she wore a necklace of human tongues. She ends up walking off into the mountains and never came