bivouacked: a military encampment made with tents or improvised shelters, usually without shelter or protection from enemy fire. n.
viaduct: a bridge for carrying a road, railroad, etc., over a valley or the like, consisting of a number of short spans.
Figurative Language-
1) "[...] most of the lawns were scorched dry like October corn"(146). An example of a simile to describe the effect the summer takes on grass when it's dry out, causing it to look similar to the corn seen during the October month.
2) " The pair of mud hens floated like wooden decoys[...]"(147). Another simile to explain what the hens on the lake appeared to be.
3) "Her eyes were as fluffy and airy- light as cotton candy"(151). This is an example of personification, and it's personification because one's eyes cant be cotton candy, but they can appear to seem like cotton candy, but can't physically be cotton candy.
Quote-
" There was a slight tear at the lobe of one ear, a sprinkling of blood on the forearm. He wore a gold ring on the third finger of his right hand. His chest was sunken and poorly muscled-- scholar maybe"(128). I really like this quote because it shows Tim O'Brien's attention to detail. Also, I find it interesting that Mr. O'Brien thinks he may be a scholar because of his appearance, yet his appearance seems to be pretty dissembled and hard to make out exactly what he looked like before the bombing, but I suppose if you killed a man you would be able to figure out a lot about him.
Theme-
The new major theme appears to be odd phenomenon in the event of a war.
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