Encyst: to enclose or become enclosed in a cyst. (20)
plodding: to walk heavily; to trudge. (15)
Figurative Language:
1) "... and then he soars into a tree."(32) Here I think O'Brien is trying to describe how this soldier loved being in the trees, and when he was shot he saw him soaring into the trees. This example can be looked at literally or figuratively. The soldiers can be soaring into the tree, as in his spirit, and that would be personification because humans can't soar into trees by free will. On the literal side, you can actual visualize the soldier being blown to bits and his body parts flying in the trees, which I'm afraid to admit might be the real meaning.
2) "You'd feel the boredom dripping inside you like a leaky faucet"(34) This figurative language because it is a simile. It's describing how their boredom would get to them, and they would convince themselves they were getting sick.
3) "All that peace, man, it felt so good it hurt. I want to hurt it back." (35) Here's personification because you can't actually hurt peace physically. At least I think this is personification, otherwise I'm not sure what to call it.
Quote:
"Or Ted Lavendar adopting an orphan puppy-- feeding it from a plastic spoon and carrying it in its rucksack until the day Azar strapped it to a Claymore antipersonnel mine and squeezed the firing device"(36). This quote may be found significant because it shows that blowing a puppy up wasn't a really big deal and the death a puppy wouldn't matter because their own men were dying everyday. They, or at least Azar, found it fun and entertaining. I guess their boredom lead them to this. Personally, I don't think this quote should've even been added into the book beacuse it's so depressing.
Theme:
Trying to figure out life's purpose.
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