Finally , the isolation of characters contribute to the mood of despair . The major’s spiteful questioning of the narrators grammar isolates the narrator . The narrator brags about how easy the Italian language was to speak , until his grammar was correct . In the mist of the conversation about going back to the US , the major asked “ ‘ What will you do when the war is over ?’ “ (456). As excitedly as possible the narrator responded “ Speak grammatically. “The major hard-nose grammar questioning helps create the characters isolation .The narrator fear of death also creates the isolation of characters . “ ‘I was very much afraid to die,’ “ the narrator said as he lays in bed at night (455). The narrators comparison to his friends being “Hawks”
