Thursday, July 8, 2010

The Things They Carried: The Ghost Soldiers-Azar

Ever since the character Azar was introduced in the book, I had a bad feeling about him. In all of the stories that he was in, I never once got a good vibe from him. Azar never proved himself as a good friend to anyone during the span of the war. From the beginning, Azar had the biggest mouth. He was always making completely unnecessary comments in terrible situations. Azar especially made me angry when he made jokes about Kiowa's death. I don't understand how a fellow soldier could be so heartless and disrespectful during such a terrible crisis. What really made me hate Azar was when he and O'Brien were trying to mess with Bobby Jorgenson. When O'Brien wanted to stop, Azar wouldn't listen to him. Though the men had already made their point, Azar just kept pushing and making the situation worse. While he did that, Azar also managed to treat O'Brien like he was garbage. He even kicked O'Brien in the head after the prank. I wonder if Azar knew that people didn't care for him, because I can't find any other explanation for why he was the way he was.

"Nobody cared for him, including myself." -O'Brien about Azar

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