The Things They Carried

The Man I killed part 2

Why do you think O'Brien studies this dead man's appearance so much?

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O'Brien is transfixed by his guilt as well as the strange quiet beauty of the scene.. O’Brien notices small blue flowers near the dead man’s head and a white butterfly fluttering near his mouth. Nature continues on despite the carnage than man inflicts on one another.