Lavender

soldiers lead by Lieutenant Jimmy Cross. This story takes place during the Vietnam War and Lieutenant Cross spends most of his time fantasising about home and the girl of his dreams, Martha. However when one of the soldiers under his command, Ted Lavender, is killed by a sniper, Cross realizes that he has to put aside his desire to go home and focus on leading his men and keeping them alive. Theme is “its idea or point (formulated as a generalization).” (DiYanni 90). Single effect is “its…

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which they hump around throughout story, create certain heaviness for each individual as the physical items may be put down at times of rest, but the emotional baggage never leaves. For example, Lieutenant Cross blamed himself for the death of Ted Lavender because he “had loved Martha more” and due to that he burns Martha’s photograph as it reminded him of the death of his comrade (377). The burning of the photographs is a metaphor of his way to relieve himself of the weight of…

crush he has on Martha. Although they are not in a relationship, Cross fantasizes about her constantly. So much so that he actively puts the lives of his men in danger because he is too absorbed in his thoughts about Martha. After the death of Ted Lavender, Cross realizes that “imagination [is] a killer” (O’Brien, 5). He needs to quit envisioning a false life with Martha and rather, turn his thoughts to the wellbeing of all his cohort.…

He definitely wasn 't ready to hold the responsibility of his men 's lives. Proof of that is when Cross started freaking out after Ted Lavender was shot. Cross told himself that it was his fault because he was busy daydreaming about Martha instead of looking out for his men. Based on this, he seemed to have very low self esteem. Cross carried the grief of Lavender 's death so his troops wouldn 't have had to. Cross thought…

written story ”The Things They Carried” have been praised by many reviewer in the writing industry.Today’s paper will detail how the Narrator shows that Jim Cross the first lieutenant goes through a significant change caused by death of his comrade Lavender. Lieutenant cross goes through three stages of change in the story of “The Things They Carried”. From beginning, middle and end the Narrator provides context and support for these changes. Within the first couple of minutes of reading the…

found daydreaming about his “love” for Martha rather than focusing on the task at hand. Lieutenant Cross is blind in thinking that Martha returns the love that he endures for her; however, she still seems to remain in the forefront of his mind. Ted Lavender, one of Lieutenant Cross’s men, dies in the line of duty, and Lieutenant Cross is stricken with guilt because of Lavender’s death, but why? The narrator of Mary Oliver’s poem “Singapore” may say he encounters guilt because this traumatic…

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able to put this down. Throughout the story, the repetition of certain ideas is very obvious. There are number of times that O’Brien chooses to bring up a notion again and again, the first and most obvious being the death of Ted Lavender. O’Brien says, “Ted Lavender, who…

thought where they can be together back in New Jersey. While being distracted by the pebble, one of his platoon mates, Ted Lavender died. This causes Cross to believe that it has not only his fault for being distracted, but also Martha’s fault for distracting him. Cross felt guilt, “He felt shame. He hated himself. He had loved Martha more than his men, and as a consequence Lavender was now dead and this was something he would have to carry like a stone…