Released From The Grip Of What He Carried: Freedom Birds
Beginning of paper
"They dreamed of freedom birds. At night, on guard, staring into the dark,
they were carried away by jumbo jets. They felt the rush of takeoff. Gone!
They yelled. (286). "Freedom bird" an appropriate term for the jumbo jets that
take the soldiers from their tour because it gives them the freed ....
Middle of paper
.... all of a loved one is now shown to have an impact. As seen
with Jimmy Cross, some men even went to a profound obsession. As mentioned
early in the work, Jimmy Cross carries letters and two pictures from a friend
named Martha. The story tells how "he would dig his foxhole, wash his hands
under a canteen, unwrap the letters and photos, hold them with the tips of his
fingers, and spend the last hour of light pretending, he would imagine romantic
camping trips…" (275). One picture is a bl ....
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Word count: 1162
Page count: 5 (approximately 250 words per page)
