"His jaw was in his throat, his upper lip and teeth were gone, his one eye was shut, his other eye was a star-shaped hole, his eyebrows were thin and arched like a woman's, his nose was undamaged, there was a slight tear at the lobe of one ear, ..." (pg. 118)
Even though this is a short section in the book, Tim makes it a very important section through his diction. It's not that he is using five star words that only scholars understand, but it's because he is using less complicated words and describing the body piece by piece. This simplicity helps everyone draw the same image in their mind of what this dead man looks like. O'Brien makes it easy on the reader though, because through this diction, he paints the picture for us.
Also, Tim does something that shows his personality, he starts thinking of this mans life and who he has killed. Kiowa keeps telling him that they need to go, but Tim develops this respect for the man. He starts thinking of things the man enjoyed, what his personality was like, if he was a father, and so on. Tim felt terrible about killing this man. After thinking of all the things this man loved and did, he thought of all the things he would love and would do. He thought of how he destroyed a future.
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