Showing posts with label Curt Lemon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Curt Lemon. Show all posts

Entry #11

"...monster toothache. A killer, he said -- like a nail in his jaw. The dentist couldn't find any problem, but Lemon kept insisting, sothe man finally shrugged and shot in the Novocain and yanked out a perfectly good tooth. There was some pain, no doubt, but in the morning Curt Lemon was all smiles." [page 84]

It's funny what people do to show they are "manly" or "womanly" enough. Lemon didn't want to be seen as a wimp even though he had a tendency to pass out around dentists. He said he had problems with dentists in the past, and basically he was afraid. I'm sure Lemon couldn't allow this to linger any longer though. He was a young guy who was extremely proud and thought highly of himself. He couldn't have his peers and superiors looking down on him in any way.

Personally, I absolutely hate the dentist. I had an appointment yesterday morning and I just absolutely dread sitting in that office that smells of flouride. Also, I don't think I've ever actually seen my dentist's face either....but that's another story. The most couragous people I know still have fears, and I don't think that is anything to be ashamed of. But then again, sometimes young age clouds judgement.

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Entry #9

"But what wakes me up twenty years later is Dave Jensen singing "Lemon Tree" as we threw down the parts. [page 79]

Curt Lemon is introduced in the chapter How to Tell A True War Story [chapter 7], and is killed off in the same chapter. Don't you just love when that happens? Not. :/

Alright so Lemon is a flat character. He is simply introduced as Rat Kiley's best friend. Both men are very young and have not experienced much. Lemon does not get to experience anything more than 19 years when he steps on a booby trap.

That's basically it. Lemon's character is one-dimensional and can be summed up in about four sentences. His story does not intertwine as much with O'Brien's except that they were in the same company.

Without the presence of Lemon's character. though, O'Brien would not have witnessed young death in the way that he did. He also realized the savageness of the human person when he and Dave Jensen were collecting his body. Jensen sang "Lemon Tree," which is disgustingly ironic and fitting. Kind of makes me want to throw up at the fact that humans can become so robotic as to not even flinch at disposing of a mutilated human body, even if they are not even aware that they have become so barbaric.

War brings out the worst...

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