Monday, November 13, 2017

The sorrow of war homework

Thursday 64-85
He thought of them as part of his life being blown away in wispy sections, leaving vast, open areas of  complete emptiness, as in his own life.pg 68

On bad nights he would lose control altogether and break down, sobbing into his pillow.pg 85


Friday
It was around this time that Kien began to drift over the edge of logic and started believing in ghosts.pg 98

But the big soldier,embarrassed, got up and kicked at the body angrily.pg 102

Saturday
Kien, already nervous, was breathless. He hardly dared look at her lovely body.pg 119

She had once told Kien something rather odd and awkward:”You’re a Pioneer now. One day you’ll become a real man. So, harden your heart and be brave, my son.”pg 123

Sunday
His father died in his childhood, His mother left him all alone.Like a plant’s, his growth is good. In times of war he’s on his own. So the boy creates his very own man, Not mourning the fate of a lonely orphan.pg 127

In his naivety he had not quite understood her.pg.135