![]() ![]() The letter had a big effect on O’Brien because he never realized how easy it was for him. He asks O’Brien if maybe he could write it instead. ![]() Norman eventually writes to O’Brien because he still hasn’t been able to talk about what happened. I believe that Norman doesn’t wish that he’d won the medal, but that he wishes he’d done the thing that very well could have won him the medal. He refers multiple times to the Silver Star and how he almost won it. However, Norman doesn’t believe any these medals are special. He received the Combat Infantryman’s Badge, the Air Medal, the Army Commendation Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, the Vietnam Campaign Medal, the Bronze Star, and the Purple Heart. He wishes he could talk to his father about his medals. He finds though, that there is no one he can talk to. ![]() He thinks about how Sally Kramer is married now and wishes he could stop over and impress her with how he tells time. ![]() He thinks about his friend Max, and how if he hadn’t drowned before the war, that maybe they could have talked. After returning from the war he thinks about what might have been. He couldn’t talk about what happened because while there were many people that would listen, none of them would understand. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |