Love

2. What is the purpose of this chapter? What kind of love is O'Brien talking about? Jimmy and Martha? Jimmy and the platoon? Jimmy and Tim? Tim and his work? Love for his country?

A: O'Brien writes this chapter to summarize the outcome of Jimmy and his love for Martha. His love for Martha had blinded him the whole war. He blames himself for the death of Ted Lavender because of his love for Martha. O'Brien writes this chapter to show how the soldiers who returned from the Vietnam War didn't come back to what they expected to come back to. For example, Jimmy might have expected to come back to Martha and to be with her, but Martha did not have the same feelings towards him.