He decides to go to war because he is ashamed of running from it. “It had nothing to do with mortality. Embarrassment, that's all it was” (O’Brien 59). That same feeling of embarrassment is what made half of the soldiers go to Vietnam. Jimmy Cross went to war only because his friends did, and that led him to danger.
Lieutenant Cross’ fear and deep longing for Martha, turns every aspect of war into a romantic date, jeopardizing the safety of the entire platoon and concluding with his guilt for Ted Lavender’s death. Immediately, the narrator tells us how First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters in his rucksack from a girl named Martha. “They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack” (637). Each evening after digging his foxhole and washing his hands, Cross would hold the letters delicately and pretend. “He would imagine romantic camping trips into the White Mountains in New Hampshire” (638).
Peneueta T Amituana’i October 05, 2011 English 11 Period 2 Through civilization, religion, and inexperience Chris McCandless and Allie Fox shared similarities and display differences. In comparison. Both Chris and Allie with his family went away from the world to escape. In “Into the Wild” , Chris McCandless left his old life and the many great opportunities because he loved it too much he didn’t want to see it go away. He was so stubborn, he didn’t want to except any offers from anyone.
James Jarvis changes drastically throughout Cry, The Beloved Country. He goes from being a racist white farmer who is fairly wealthy, to giving just about everything he has to the native causes his dead son was fighting for. In the beginning of the novel, James Jarvis fails to understand his son and the problems in South Africa. It is obvious from the beginning that James Jarvis is quite racist because he does not agree with his son's opinions. While talking to Mr. Harrison he says,"My son and I didn't see eye to eye on the native question, John.
Chapter Questions: To Kill A Mocking Bird April 20, 2012 Chapter 23 After Tom Robinson's conviction, Jem finally started to realize why Boo Radley secluded him self for so long. It was simply because he wanted to. Throughout the book Boo makes very few appearances, but the dramatic irony is that Boo has been a help to the children countless times. For a better understanding, think of Tom Robinson, although Atticus defend him very well, the only reason why he lost the trail and was shot was because he was black. In other words, Jem drew out that if "everyone is alike, why do they go out of their way to despite each other?"
Although O’Brien is unclear about whether or not he actually threw a grenade and killed a man outside My Khe, his memory of the man’s corpse is strong and recurring, symbolizing humanity’s guilt over war’s horrible acts. Norman was right on the side of him when he died, after about a couple of years passed by after the war he was in Kiowa home town he started crying because he didn’t do anything to try to save him. In Fallen Angels Richie see’s how almost his whole team died he and Peewee were the only ones that survived, which emphasizes the theme of youth and innocence. In calling the novel Fallen Angels, the author implies that the soldiers’ youth and innocence are more important than any of their other aspects, such as their religion, ethnicity, class, or race. They wanted them to know what war is really like and wants to help them understand what is experienced.
Not to anyone. Not to my parents, not to my brother or sister, not even to my wife. To go into it, I’ve always thought, would only cause embarrassment for all of us, a sudden need to be elsewhere, which is the natural response to a confession.” This statement gives off a cowardly feeling setting the story in motion. A 21 year old O’Brien had what seemed a lot going for him. He graduated from college had a summer job and in comes a letter saying he was now drafted into the war.
People think he is a hero because it is said that he was captured or disillusioned from the army during the war in Afghanistan. Which is why people put his picture everywhere and on the picture it is written “He fought for us, let’s fight for him” although it’s not confirmed that he really did fight. The only facts that are shown is that he escaped and wrote to his parents that “The future is too good to be based on lies.” and Sgt. Bergdahl mailed his US uniform to his parents. Nothing is confirmed yet, But investigators are trying to decide if this Sgt.
Thomas runs away from the Mission School and returns to his mountain home. When he arrives he expects to find his brother the bear and the rest of his animal family, but instead he finds a “charred circle” (70) where his lodge used to be. Tom then “…stood among the ashes and whispered the sorrow chant…For small griefs you shout, but for the big griefs you whisper or say nothing. The big griefs must be borne alone, inside” (70.) He knows that it was Blue Elk who did it because there is not one item of worth left behind, not even the knife Tom’s mother gave him.
To be Loved or To Lead If you have never been to war, you can never fully understand author Tim O’Brien’s “The Things They Carry”. Bullets flying by your head, soldiers yelling “grenade” then falling back behind a bush, and the clacking and blast sounds of claymore mines exploding along with the welfare of your platoon during your tour in the Vietnam War, should have been the only things on your mind right now. However, for platoon leader, First Lieutenant (LT) Jimmy Cross, that was not the case . The only thing that was on LT Cross's mind was his worry-free love for Martha, a junior in college back home whom he loved (I would say more like lusted for) and daydreamed about all day no matter what the mission he and his platoon were on.