Type (Character Development and Explanation) : The Pearl Harbor just got attacked on Robert decided to join the marines, this is a turning point because it changed the whole course of his life and how he was as a character in the book and that is why it is a turning point

“We had come across the Jersey meadows, riding the Erie commuter line, and then on the ferry over the Hudson River to downtown New York. Breakfast at home had been subdued. My mother was up and about; she did not cry. It was a heart-rending leave-taking, nor was it brave, resolute-- and of those words that fail to describe the thing

Type (Character Development and Explanation) : I think this can be mainly be seen as the turning point because this was the first time Robert was ever shooting someone to kill and he was killing, it truly did change his persona and him as a person which is why it did change his personality and had character development in the story
MLA-cited quote : “I was glad he gave me this little order to execute. I was having no fun standing in the pit, watching the gentleman fire. I crawled out and told everyone what he had said. They ignored it and kept banging away. There cam a lull, and in that silent space I who had no chance to fire my own weapon, blasted away with my pistol. I leaned over the mound and shoved my pistol-clenching hand into the dark and emptied a clip.”

Type (Character Development and Explanation) : I think this can be mainly be seen as a character development because Robert just got into big time trouble for being drunk in a wa and the sergeant didn't take him lightly, he could have shipped Robert away but that would be too easy,  I think Robert may have realized what he had done and regretted it but at the end he did get away with only five days bread and water, reduced to private as his punishment which he thought was extremely lucky

“I'm not going to ruin your life,” “he said, and my stomach that had been fleeing seemed to pause, and turn.” “I could put you away for a long time for what you've done. Being drunk is no excuse a marine is supposed to be able to handle his liquor. You’ve got a good war record, though” “he went on, leafing the pages of my record book again” “and you seem to have a good background. So I’m not going to ship you back to Portsmouth, where the books says i should ship you but i'm not going to let you get away with it (165) 

Type (Character Development and Explanation) : I think this was a turning point in the book because I think this was the climax in the book so it where the most suspense happens which does happen and even make Robert wounded, I also think this is turning point because he got wounded and he now has a permanent thing to remember in the war who fought

"I lay in some high grass that fringed this portions of the track, wondering if the thumping of my heart would betray me. Then it occurred to me that I could not see over the grass. Should the Jap pass by, I could only see his legs to shoot at." (213)

Type (Character Development and Explanation) : I think this is Character Development because Robert is finally somewhere where he doesn't hear constant gun shots, he doesn't hear planes over his head, he is out of the war, Robert finally gets time to reflect on everything that happened which I think is something that will help his character development

MLA-cited quote : " It was difficult not to vent my vexation at having been placed in the P - 38 Ward , rather than in some place which seemed more likely to cure my weak kidneys as I called it. But i stayed silent watching Doctor Gentle as he bent, grunting to give me the "hammer test." This was to strike a patients crossed leg just below the knee to measure the speed of his reflexes." (255)

Type (Character Development and Explanation) : I think part of the book is a huge turning point because the war is over now Robert can look back on everything that he did in the war he has all the time now to think to himself instead of getting in trouble I should have been training. Now that the war is over I think Robert will have too much time on his hands.

MLA-cited quote : "There would be a bigger reunion in San Diego, when all of us would have arrived home at last even Chuckler would be there, leaning on a cane with the laughter rumbling from his deep chest and once more we would be as carefree as the early days in New River, the ordeal behind us and the prospect of home before us........ Were leaving Peleliu, departing the holocaust" (255)