" so he looks at you with those big sad gentle killer eyes and says cooze, because his friend is dead, and because it's so incredibly sad and true: she never wrote back." (pg.66)
When Curt Lemon, Rat Kiley's best friend, died, Rat wrote a letter to Curt's sister about how great of a guy Curt was and how he was a number one comrade. He told about how brave Curt was and how he would volunteer for the jobs that nobody else wanted to do. She never returned his letter. I am sure that letter took a lot of time to write and so much thought and heart were contained on that piece of paper. She never wrote back.
In this instance, Tim uses an effective paradox to describe Rat's eyes. "Big sad gentle killer eyes", Tim wrote. I believe these descriptions show how torn and confused Rat's emotions were after not receiving a letter in return. They were big because he was surprised at his death and sad because he lost his best friend, his one true companion. His eyes were also gentle because of all the memories he had of Curt and how he loved him as a friend, but to contradict the gentle, they were at the same time killer. This was because he wanted to get revenge on the enemy for slaying his buddy, but also he was angry because he didn't understand why Curt's sister refused to listen and reply.
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