The Mission
Who is with the narrator on the mission into Vietnam? (Ch 18)
Bon
What do they do with the lieutenant’s body? (Ch 18)
They bury him in the jungle
What does the Commandant constantly make the narrator revise? (Ch 19)
His confession
What happens during the river crossing? (Ch 18)
A grenade attack
What imagery haunts the narrator during the burial? (Ch 18)
Worms and ghosts
What color pencil does the Commandant use? (Ch 19)
Blue
What does the narrator have to carry after the explosion? (Ch 18)
The lieutenant's severed leg
What mystery meat was the narrator fed at the reeducation camp? (Ch 19)
"wood-pigeon"
What does the Commandant criticize in the narrator’s writing style? (Ch 19)
Too intellectual
What does the narrator hold onto during the mission that reminds him of Lana? (Ch 18)
His AK-47
What does the narrator say Sonny’s ghost left in him? (Ch 18)
A hole in his head
What metaphor does the Commandant compare the narrator’s mind to? (Ch 19)
A poisoned well that spreads bad ideas
What memory makes the narrator feel guilty while on the mission? (Ch 18)
Not telling the General about being with Lana
What does the narrator compare carrying the leg to? (Ch 18)
Carrying a cross like Jesus
What disturbing object does the Commandant show to make a point? (Ch 19)
A pickled, deformed baby in a jar