now Ted Lavender was dead because he loved her so much and could not stop thinking about her. When the dustoff arrived, they carried Lavender aboard. Afterward they burned Than Khe. They marched
He is feeling guilty because due to his uncontrollable emotions, one of his men died during the war.
He remembered kissing her good night at the dorm door. Right then, he thought, he should’ve done something brave. He should’ve carried her up the stairs to her room and tied her to the bed and touched that left knee all night long. He should’ve risked it. Whenever he looked at the photographs, he thought of new things he should’ve do
He is regretting being courageous with Martha. He seems very obsessive over her.
y Dobbins, who was a big man, carried extra rations; he was especially fond of canned peaches in heavy syrup over pound cake. Dave Jensen, who practiced field hygiene, carried a toothbrush, dental floss, and several hotel-sized bars of soap he’d stolen on R&R in Sydney, Australia. Ted Lavender, who was scared, carried tranquilizers until he was shot in the head outside the village of Than Khe in mid-April.
The author's use of diction gives the readers a better understanding about who the people in the war actually were.
the perimeter, then at full dark he would return to his hole and watch the night and wonder if Martha
He does not fully trust her and is concerned that she won't be loyal while he's in the war.
1TIM O’BRIENTHE THINGS THEY CARRIED First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross carried letters from a girl named Martha, a junior at Mount Sebastian College in New Jersey. They were not love letters, but Lieutenant Cross was hoping, so he kept them folded in plastic at the bottom of his rucksack. In the late afternoon,
Jimmy Cross cherishes the letters that he receives from Martha and hopes for more intimate relations with her.
remember rhe rage in my sromach. Later ir burned down to asnroldering self-pity, rhen to numbness. Ar dinner rhat nighr my fatherasked what my plans were
When he finally came to terms with the fact that him being drafted was inevitable, he just let the days pass until it was his time.
. I was no soldier. I haced Boy Scouts. I hatedcamping out. I hated dirt and tents and mosquiroes. The sight of bloodmade me queasy, and I couldn'r tolerare authority, and I didn't knowa rifle from a slingshot. I was a liber,tl, for Christ sak
He is explaining why he felt unfit to be a solider. He uses past experiences (Boy Scouts) to prove why he did not believe he should was good enough to be a soldier.
The draft notice arrived onJune 17,1968.Ir was a humid afrernoon,I remembea cloudy and very quiec, and Id jusr conle in from a roundof gol
This imagery reveals how O'Brien felt about the draft and how he didn't really think it was something that he wanted to be a part of.
tory I've never rold before. Not to anyone. Not to myI parents, not to my brother or sister, not even to my wife
The narrator is reluctant to to tell his story. This leads me to believe that it's a very personal story with a many emotions attached.
t fetch nothin' heah tuh save his rotten neck, but he kin run thew whut Ah brings quick enough. Now he done toted off nigh on tuh haff uh box uh matches. He done had dat 'oman heah in mah house, too.
This shows Delia’s hatred toward Sykes and how she is slowly but surely breaking away from his bondage.
there. "Delia. Delia!" She could hear Sykes calling in a most despairing tone as one who expected no answer. The sun crept on up, and he called. Delia could not move--her legs were gone flabby. She never moved, he called, and the sun k
This reveals how Delia has broken out of her shell and how the tables have turned. Sykes is now in need of Delia and she couldn’t care less. All of her built up anger prohibits her from caring about his well-being
l, Ah'm glad you does hate me. Ah'm sho' tiahed uh you hangin' ontuh me. Ah don't want yuh. Look at yuh stringey ole neck! Yo' rawbony laigs an' arms is enough tuh cut uh man tuh death. You looks jes' lak de devvul's doll-baby tuh me. You cain't hate me no worse dan
Delia & Sykes get into confrontation where they told each other how they actually felt and they both revealed how much they hated each other
and Sykes fought all the time now with no peaceful interludes. They slept and ate in silence. Two or three times Delia had attempted a timid friendliness, but she was repulsed each time. It was plain that the breaches m
Sykes and Delia’s marriage is a façade and not based on true love at all.
st then Delia drove past on her way home, as Sykes was ordering magnificently for Bertha. It
Syke finds pleasure in blatantly disrespecting his wife by being flirtatious with other women.
e sho' aint," Walter Thomas chimed in. "It's too bad, too, cause she wuz a right pritty lil trick when he got huh. Ah'd uh mah'ied huh mahseff if he hadnter beat me to it.
Outsiders don’t show any respect towards Delia & Syke’s relationship/marriage.
oka heah, Sykes, you done gone too fur. Ah been married to you fur fifteen years, and Ah been takin' in washin' for fifteen years. Sweat, sweat, sweat! Work and sweat, cr
Delia is fed up with the conditions she has been living under with Syke for the last 15 years of her life.
What's that got to do with me?" he asked brut
Sykes has no regards for how Delia feels or for her well-being
"You sho is one aggravatin' nigger woman!" he declared and stepped into the room. She resumed her work and did not answer him at once. "Ah done tole you time and again to keep them white folks' clothes outa dis house."
Delia and her husband don't have the best relationship, he does not speak to her with respect as a husband should.
She squatted in the kitchen floor beside the great pile of clothes, sorting them into small hea
Delia Jones is a women who likes to be tidy, she may possibly work as a cleaner.