This chapter really interested me. When thinking of soldiers marching through enemies land, a person might habitually think of the ammunition, food, personal belongings, what each personnel carries on each mission. For example on page 5, the author states, “As a medic, Rat Kiley carried a canvas satchel filled with morphine and plasma and malaria tablets and surgical tape and comic books and all things a medic must carry…” What is least on the persons mind is the non-war type materials the soldiers carried; one soldier carried a bible, one carried his girlfriend’s panty hose around his neck, some soldiers even carried stationary. O’Brien talks about how the soldiers even carried the land on their bodies, something that probably didn’t even
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The two characters Jimmy Cross and the narrator drinking coffee and talking of the past. They talked about Jimmy Cross’s love interest Martha. He explains how he burned the original picture of her and received a new one. He talks about how they ran into each other after the war. She said that she had not been married and never would. The reader might assume from Martha’s actions that she was leading Cross on because “there was no pressure in return” when he took her by the hand and then walked away as he said that he would still always love her. My opinion on the matter was that in the previous chapter, it explains how Martha is a virgin. I believe that since she was a virgin she didn’t like affection or maybe felt uncomfortable with this affection, especially when Cross told her that he would always love her. She might also just be leading him on like it is assumed. However, she still gave him another picture and told him not to burn it this time. Spin is a chapter that goes back to talking about the war. The reader can see more contradiction in the chapter. After saying that war can sometimes be sweet, it gives a story of how a little boy with one leg asked for chocolate. This is contradicting because the characters say that his leg got blown off in the war. I don’t see how that can be considered sweet. Another “sweet” situation told was how character
The two characters Jimmy Cross and the narrator drinking coffee and talking of the past. They talked about Jimmy Cross’s love interest Martha. He explains how he burned the original picture of her and received a new one. He talks about how they ran into each other after the war. She said that she had not been married and never would. The reader might assume from Martha’s actions that she was leading Cross on because “there was no pressure in return” when he took her by the hand and then walked away as he said that he would still always love her. My opinion on the matter was that in the previous chapter, it explains how Martha is a virgin. I believe that since she was a virgin she didn’t like affection or maybe felt uncomfortable with this affection, especially when Cross told her that he would always love her. She might also just be leading him on like it is assumed. However, she still gave him another picture and told him not to burn it this time. Spin is a chapter that goes back to talking about the war. The reader can see more contradiction in the chapter. After saying that war can sometimes be sweet, it gives a story of how a little boy with one leg asked for chocolate. This is contradicting because the characters say that his leg got blown off in the war. I don’t see how that can be considered sweet. Another “sweet” situation told was how character