Jimmy Cross: Life Story

There are special ones for humans. Humans have the ability to sacrifice themselves for others. Not everyone does this, but many people do the opposite. This is proven by the story of Tim O'BRIEN "what they carry". Jimmy Cross is the first agent of his platoon, a straight and elegant person, and unfortunately he began to decline throughout the journey. Jimmy began to imagine that "love" hindered daily life and that it began to cause an excessive emotional burden, but eventually he realized his own fault and reconstructed his view of life Did.

The "love" as postscript, or the end of the story of Jimmy Cross and Martha begins with the previous story "what they carry". "O'Brien explained how Cross and Martha developed in 20 years after the war.This is the first time that he mentioned about the impact of Vietnam.As she is a concept of sexual life, The belief is that he himself can not put faith in the war itself, starting to live with him after returning home may be safe and comforting.

One of the most meaningful female characters is Martha appearing in the first episode "Carrying" symbolizing love and danger. The novel depicts the story of Lieutenant Jimmer Cross, a junior high school. He kept all letters and pictures and I wondered if she was dating someone else. In fact, Jimmy understood that Martha does not love him and gave him the wrong hope. One day, Alpha left strategy, but even there, Lieutenant could not concentrate on thinking about his distant love. At this time his friend lavender was hurt. With this incident, Jimmy Cross was able to look back on Martha's unrequited love and analyze the results of his attachment to her. In this story, Martha symbolizes love as the most valuable human emotion and danger. Because this attitude can lead to tragic results. She represented a strange love for the cruel reality of war