Marian Turner archives

I was just reading Marian Turners’ first transcript of the novel and she talks a lot about Robert Ross. She said she didn’t want to describe his looks because she thought that it would say to much about his possibilities. Eventually she said he was very handsome and very muscular. One part that really stood out to me was when she said “ The Human body - well- it’s  like the mind I guess, terribly impressive until you put it in jeopardy. Then It becomes such a delicate thing- like glass” then she talks about how it was the war that is crazy and not Robert Ross. This really stands out to me that the war really impacts Robert and he becomes crazy from all the horrible, terrible, inhumane memories and sightings that go along with war. Then at the end of the transcript by Marian Turner she says “Robert Ross was no Hitler. That was his problem.” This entire transcript by Marian Turner stood out to me. It tells that Robert Ross encountered many things while he was fighting the war in Europe and that he witnessed many things that really messed him up mentally. This probably happened to millions of people during these wars and in modern day wars too. Seeing your friends die, being shot at, being poisoned with chlorine gases and smelling the powerful stench of death is more then enough to make the most normal member of society turn into a crazy, insane person. I cant imagine being in a trench for months at a time being poured on by the elements, being eaten by rats and housing in mud it would be terrible and nobody could say differently. I put myself in Roberts shoes and feel that if I witnessed half the things he had to go through I would probably not be the same person I am today because of the scarring memories and horrible images.The quote about Robert not being like Hitler in my mind means Hitler knew exactly what he wanted and knew exactly what he had to do to get it, through any means if he had to kill entire races... meaning he was remorseless he wasn’t effected by sadness or death he was not phased he didn’t have much of a soul. Robert having a big heart felt bad about killing anything he could not handle the stress of war and was really afraid of killing and death which is not the assets associated with war.