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O Brien Love Character Analysis

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In the chapter, “ Love,” the main idea, just like the title of the story, is love. One of the main characters is Cross and the other main character is Martha. The setting of the story is at O’Brien’s house in Massachusetts. After the war, Cross goes to visit O’Brien. They reminisce, drinking coffee and looking at old photographs of their Company. As they came across a photo of Ted Lavender, Cross expresses how he believe that Lavender’s death was his fault. They later switch from coffee to alcohol and try to focus on stories that were not so sad. Later that night when the mood has lightened up, O’Brien asked Cross about Martha. Cross told O’Brien of a story of how they met once again at their college reunion. At the reunion, Cross learned that

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