"He never saw their faces"

     

Robert burned the picture of his beloved sister

               Rape is never a joke or funny. It is one of the most horrible things that could happen to someone. The feeling of losing all control and be taken advantage of and never feeling pure or innocent again. This is how Robert Ross felt part 4 chapter 5. He was raped by 4 men that belonged to the Canadian forces. " He wanted a clean shirt. He wanted a pair of clean underwear. He wanted his pistol." This quote is right after Robert is raped he is just coming back to his senses and realises what has happened. He feels dirty and unsafe this is why he wants clean clothes and his pistol to protect himself. "Robert sat on the mutilated mattress and opened his kit bag. Everything was there- including the picture of Rowena. Robert burned it in the middle of the floor. This was not an act of anger- but an act of Charity." Robert finds the picture of his deceased sister Rowena and he burns it. He feels as long as he has this picture she is always with him. After he had been raped he didn’t want her with him anymore. She symbolised all the innocence in Roberts life and he burned it out of charity to her. This must have been hard on Robert because this is the last item Robert had to remember his beloved sister. The raping of Robert just adds on to the factor that war has on the human mind. The four men that raped Robert most likely all had problems in their own minds from the terrible memories they had witnessed. Which led them to rape one of their officers. On the other end of the spectrum after being raped Robert fell into a state of insanity. Which highlights the corruption war has on a person.