Jimmy's love for Martha is pure and "perfect", while he is living in the horrors of war
Juxtaposition
100
The longing for love and comfort
Henry Dobbins carries his girlfriend’s pantyhose
100
main character
Jimmy Cross
100
home in Massachusetts
Jimmy Cross came to visit O'brien home.
100
who drank coffee and smoked cigarettes and talked about everything they had seen all day?
Jimmy cross and O'brien
200
Kiowa's moccasins = heritage
symbolism
200
guilt and disappointment
Cross says that he has never forgiven himself for Ted Lavender’s death.
200
who was K.I.A
Lavender
200
volleyball shot from college
Martha picture in a small frame
200
who pictures did they see spread all over the kitchen table?
Rat Kiley,Kiowa,Mitchell sanders and Ted Lavender
300
"Martha bent horizontal to the floor,reaching the palm of her hand in sharp focus"(27)
Imagery
300
love
First Lieutenant Jimmy Cross pictures of Martha
300
carried his girlfriends pantyhose
Henry Dobbins
300
1979
college reunion.
300
who carried comic books?
Rat Kiley
400
"I remember,we paused over a snapshot of Ted Lavender, and after a while Jimmy rubbed his eyes and said"He'd never forgiven himself for lavender death"(26)
flashback
400
memory of Bonnie and Clyde , Rejection
Cross remember touching Martha left knee during movie, he wanted to do it again
400
carried comic books
Rat Kiley
400
Ethiopia,Guatemala and Mexico
Martha being a missionary and trained nurse had done service here
400
what happen in 1979?
college reunion
500
"she crossed her arms at her chest, as if suddenly cold.."(28)
simile
500
burned memories
Lavender death lead to burning pictures of martha.