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“When a man died, there had to be blame. Jimmy Cross understood this. You could blame the war. You could blame the idiots who made the war. You could blame Kiowa for going to it. You could blame the rain. You could blame the river. You could blame the field, the mud, the climate. You could blame the enemy. You could blame the mortar rounds. You could blame people who were too lazy to read a newspaper, who were bored by the daily body counts, who switched channels at the mention of politics. You could blame whole nations. You could blame God. You could blame the munitions makers or Karl Marx or a trick of fate or an old man in Omaha who forgot to vote.”

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“The 3 men moved with slow, heavy steps. It was hard to keep balance. Their boots sank into the ooze, which produced a powerful downward suction, & with each step they would have to pull up hard to break the hold.” This is an example, of Imagery, because it allows the reader to imagine what the situation might’ve looked like or felt.

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The field just exploded. Rain and slop and shrapnel, it all mixed together, and the field seemed to boil. He would explain this to Kiowa’s father. Carefully, not covering up his own guilt, he would tell how the mortar rounds made craters in the slush, spraying up great showers of filth, and how the craters then collapsed on themselves and filled up with mud and water, sucking things down, swallowing things, weapons and entrenching tools and belts of ammunition, and how in this way his son Kiowa had been combined with the waste and the war.

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Image- "for a time morning seemed to brighten, the shy a lighter shade of silver, but the rains came back hard and steady. There was a permanent feel of twilight.",this impacts the reader by giving a look the reader can put himself in to feel like they are expirenceing in as well.

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Image- "for a time morning seemed to brighten, the shy a lighter shade of silver, but the rains came back hard and steady. There was a permanent feel of twilight.",this impacts the reader by giving a look the reader can put himself in to feel like they are expirenceing in as well.

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“No sense of direction, though, and the field seemed to suck him under, and everything was black and wet, and he couldn’t get his bearings, and then another round hit nearby, and for a few moments all he could do was hold his breath and duck down beneath the water.” O’Brien used imagery to show the attack though the boy’s eyes. And to get the reader to sympathize with him.

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In the text it says “but he was now determined to find his man, no matter what, even if it meant flying in slabs of concrete and damming up the river and draining the entire field.” This piece of context shows how imagery was used “In the Field,” and how the reader can grab a better understanding or picture of what’s happening.

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“There were bubbles where Kiowa’s head should’ve been. The left hand was curled open; the fingers were filthy; the wristwatch gave off a green phosphorescent shine as it slipped beneath the thick waters.”  This is an example of imagery because it shows in great detail what is happening. How Kiowa is sinking into the field with bobbles where his head would have been. This is important because it allows the reader to truly imagine what was happening, you are able to picture that helpless feeling when he is sinking into the field. It maybe also stick in your head.

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“He remembered grabbing the boot. He remembered pulling hard, but how the field seemed to pull back, like a tug-of-war he couldn’t win, and how finally he had to whisper his friend’s name and let go and watch the boot slide away.” it repeats more after that.

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“A stupid mistake. That’s all it was, a mistake, but it had killed Kiowa. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross felt something tighten inside him. In the letter to Kiowa’s father he would apologize point-blank. Just admit to the blunders.”

This impacts the reader by trying to sympathize with the characters in the book, on how it causes guilt which affects someone’s outcome. In the book it explains how Jimmy Cross feels guilt and blame over Kiowas death. Which he then writes a confession letter to his father.

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“He was alone. He’d lost everything. He’d lost Kiowa and his weapon and his flashlight and his girlfriend’s picture. He remembered this. He remembered wondering if he could lose himself.” The boy is extremely sad and guilty. And by using repetition, O’Brien focuses on the boy and makes his dilemma more personal by making the reader understand the logic of the the boy’s thoughts.

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“He remembered grabbing the boot. He remembered pulling hard, but how the field seemed to pull back, like a tug-of-war he couldn’t win, and how finally he had to whisper his friends name and let go and watch the boot slide away”

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“Lieutenant Cross wished the rain would let up. Even for an hour, it would make things easier. But then he shrugged. The rain was the war and you had to fight it.“
O’Brien used comparison to emphasize how similar war is to rain. This impacts the reader by gaining a better understanding of what it feels likes to fight in a war. You can’t do anything to stop it, you just have to deal with it and keep moving forward.

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Jimmy Cross did not want the responsibility of leading these men. He had never wanted it. In his sophomore year at Mount Sebastian College he had signed up for the Reserve Officer Training Corps without much thought…Twenty-four years old and his heart wasn’t in it. Military matters meant nothing to him. He did not care one way or the other about the war, and he had no desire to command, and even after all these months in the bush, all the days and nights, even then he did not know enough to keep his men out of a shit field.”

This impacts the reader because its showing the reader how jimmy cross feels. How he never wanted the responsibility of all these men who have fallen and still alive. Its trying to sympathize Jimmy Cross on how he feels having all this weight on him and him not being able to be okay.

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“My girl. What about her? This picture, it was the only one I had. Right here, I lost it.” Jimmy Cross shook his head. It bothered him that he could not come up with a name. “Slow down,” he said, “I don’t—” “Billie’s picture. I had it all wrapped up, I had it in plastic, so it’ll be okay if I can . . . Last night we were looking at it, me and Kiowa.”

This is pathos because it connects to the readers emotion with connecting to family and siblings etc. This impacts the reader because it makes the reader imagine they lost a family member of their own and how sad they would be so it’s a strong connection.

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"Jimmy Cross did not want the responsibility of leading these men. He had never wanted it. In his sophomore year at Mount Sebastian College he had signed up for the Reserve Officer Training Corps without much thought. An automatic thing: because his friends had joined, and because it was worth a few credits, and because it seemed preferable to letting the draft take him. He was unprepared. Twenty-four years old and his heart wasn’t in it." This show the reader pathos braces it show how jimmy cross was not ready for the war or to be an officer. His heart wasn't in the war, and signing up was more of an impulse.

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Imagery:
“He remembered pulling hard, but how the field seemed to pull back, like a tug-of-war he couldn’t win, and how finally he had to whisper his friend’s name and let go and watch the boot slide away.”
— It’s describing this as something that you can easily visualize. It also makes the field more humanized. In your mind, you can see it happening: like the field literally pulling back with hands and a tug-of-war game is ongoing.

Repetition:
“When a man died, there had to be blame. Jimmy Cross understood this. You could blame the war. You could blame the idiots who made the war. You could blame Kiowa for going to it. You could blame the rain. You could blame the river. You could blame the field, the mud, the climate. You could blame the enemy. You could blame the mortar rounds. You could blame people who were too lazy to read a newspaper, who were bored by the daily body counts, who switched channels at the mention of politics. You could blame whole nations. You could blame God. You could blame the munitions makers or Karl Marx or a trick of fate or an old man in Omaha who forgot to vote.”
— In this passage, the word blame is repeated rather often. But more specifically the phrase you could blame. It’s overwhelming the reader with this sense of blame that the people in the story are experiencing.

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“and all five of them put their arms and backs into it, but the body was jammed in tight. Azar moved to the dike and sat holding his stomach. His face was pale.” Explains what it looks like to make it easier for the reader

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“. Carefully, not covering up his own guilt, he would tell how the mortar rounds made craters in the slush, spraying up great showers of filth, and how the craters then collapsed on themselves and filled up with mud and water, sucking things down, swallowing things, weapons and entrenching tools and belts of ammunition, and how in this way his son Kiowa had been combined with the waste and the war. My own fault, he would say.”
This is an example of testimonial because it is Jimmy Crosses thoughts. It is powerful for the reader to see because it lets us know what the character is thinking. It shows the reader that jimmy blames himself for Kiowa death and he is guilty.