Jimmy Cross Chapter 1 Summary
The beginning of chapter 1 starts out by a 24 year old First Lieutenant, Jimmy Cross, reading letters from a lady named Martha. Martha is an english major at a school called Mount Sebastian College and Jimmy describes her letters as being beautifully written. Jimmy is also in love with Martha, but she doesn’t feel the same way about him. The author then introduces us to the things that each soldier carries. Some soldiers are required to carry certain things based on their role and duty in the military. An example of this would be Rat Kiley. He is a doctor so he is required to carry medicine. They all carry different types of weapons in order to protect themselves. A lot of men also bring things that are light and easy to carry, like photographs.