![]() ![]() ![]() The third chapter jumps forward in time, to after Bart’s tour of duty has ended, and he is in Germany, awaiting departure back home to the U.S. Late in the chapter, before they ship out, we find out that Bart promised Murph’s mother to “bring him home to ” (47). Another key figure, Sergeant Sterling, also comes into clearer focus in this chapter, as “harsh but fair” (33), and pairs the two up. ![]() Then it moves back in time to Bart at Fort Dix, New Jersey before the platoon has shipped out, when he first meets eighteen-year-old Murph. The next chapter reveals that Bart will eventually forge a letter to Murph’s mother as if it were from him, something he regrets. Throughout the chapter, Bart reflects on death, fate, and unknowability of the future. Bart also reveals that his friend, Murph (Daniel Murphy), will die sometime in the near future. In the opening chapter, the platoon’s interpreter, Malik, is killed in a fire fight, and a few days later Bart and his fellow soldiers kill an elderly couple apparently attempting to flee the village during a skirmish. ![]()
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