Love

"Maybe she'll read it and come begging. There's always hope, right?" (pg 28). Jimmy Cross


Jimmy Cross's love for Martha is completely evident within the first two chapters. I find this somewhat heart-breaking actually, because it reminds me of my friend and her boyfriend. Her boyfriend decided to go into the navy for the next four years, but he wanted to stay together. He was basically asking her to wait for him for and kind of put her life on pause- that's how I took it anyways. He said that even if she broke up with him, when he finished serving his four years, he was going to find her, just to see if she still had the same feelings for him. She was head-over-heals in love with this boy and it was still a hard decision as to whether she should stay with him or if it would be better to break up. I always thought that it would be sad if they broke up, because I knew that she would constantly be on his mind no matter what. This book further increased my suspicion of that happening. Martha seems to only consider Jimmy as a companion, but he takes whatever he can get. He pretends that when she sign's with love that she is actually in love with him. This struggle is like a never ending internal conflict, when he's not fighting, he is thinking about Martha. It makes me feel terrible for the soldiers that have no one waiting for them at home.