Chapter 8 second homework

gosh.Eddie closed his eyes and threw his head back: Oh, my God.Oh my God!I don't know any of this, sir.This is really nauseating.terrible! The captain nodded and looked away.The hill was barren again, with animal bones and battered wagons, and the remains of a smoldering village.Eddie suddenly realized that this is the place where the captain was buried.No funeral, no coffin, just smashed bones and muddy earth. Have you been waiting for me here all this time?Eddie asked quietly. Time is not what you think it is.The captain sat down beside Eddie: die?That's not the end of things either.We think death is the end.However, everything that happens in this world is just the beginning.

Eddie looked confused. I think this is like the passage in the Bible, the agreement between Adam and Eve, you know that passage, right?The team leader said, "Is it about Adam's first night in the mortal world?"When he lay down to sleep, he thought it was over, didn't he?He doesn't know what sleep is.He closed his eyes and thought he was going to leave this world, right? It turned out he didn't leave.He woke up the next morning with a whole new world to build.And he has one more thing.He has yesterday. The squad leader grinned: In my opinion, this is what we came here for.This is heaven.Heaven, give you the opportunity to understand your yesterday.

He took out the plastic cigarette case and tapped his fingers on it: Do you know what I'm talking about?Hey, I just never had the skills to be a teacher. Eddie stared at the captain.He used to think that the captain was very old.But at this moment, some of the soot on the captain's face had been wiped off, and he found that the captain had no wrinkles and had thick black hair.He must be in his early thirties. You've been here since you died.Eddie said: And stay here twice as long as you live on earth. The captain nodded. I have been waiting for you. Eddie looked down. The blue-skinned man told me the same thing.

Well, he is indeed waiting for you.He is part of your being, one of the reasons why you are here, one of the reasons why you live the way you are, and a link in the story that you have to understand.He leaves after telling you his part of the story, though.Soon, I'll be leaving too.So, now you have to listen carefully.Because, the following words are things you will not know until you listen to me. Eddie felt his back straighten. sacrifice.The squad leader said: You have sacrificed.I have sacrificed.We have all made sacrifices.However, you are angry at your sacrifice.You keep thinking about what you lost.

You don't get the point.Sacrifice is part of life.Sacrifice is due.There is nothing to regret about sacrifice, but it is something worth yearning for.Small sacrifices.Great sacrifice.A mother works to keep her son in school.A daughter moves home to be close to her sick father. men go to war He paused for a moment, looking at the cloudy gray sky. You know what, Rapozzo didn't die in vain.He sacrificed for the country, his family knew this, and his younger brother was also inspired by his elder brother to become an excellent soldier and an outstanding man. Nor did I die in vain.That night, maybe we'd run over that mine with a carload of people.Then, the four of us will all go to heaven.

Eddie shook his head: But you, he lowered his voice: What you lost was your life! The squad leader smacked his tongue: Exactly.Sometimes, just because you sacrifice something precious, you don't really lose it, you just pass it on to another person. The team leader walked towards the symbolic tombstone, the rifle with the steel helmet on it and the military number plate hanging from it: the gun was still inserted.He put the helmet and the number plate under one arm, pulled the rifle out of the dirt, and threw it like a javelin.The gun kept flying, but never landed. It flew into the sky and disappeared.

The captain turned around. Yes, I shot you.Other taxes: You lost something, but you also gained something, but you don't know what you got.And I also gained. what is it I kept my word.I didn't leave you alone. He holds out his hand. Will you forgive me about the legs? Eddie thought for a while.He thought about how much he had suffered after being hurt, how angry he was at losing everything.Then, he remembered what the captain had sacrificed, and couldn't help but feel ashamed.So he stretched out a hand and the captain held it tightly. I have been waiting for this. Suddenly, the thick vines fell from the banyan branches, melted into the soil with a whistling sound, and disappeared.Then, just a few yawning seconds pass, and there emerges healthy new branches, covered with clumps of smooth, tough foliage, and little clumps of figs.The squad leader only raised his eyes for a moment, with an expression that things were progressing as he expected.Then he opened his palms and wiped the soot from his face.

Captain?Eddie said. What's up? Why here?You can wait anywhere, right?That's what the blue-skinned man said.So why did you choose this place? The squad leader smiled: Because I died in battle.I die on this hill.I went away knowing almost nothing, I was talking about war, I was thinking about battle plans, and I came from a family that fought. I want to see what the world would be like without war, what it was like before we started killing each other. Eddie looked around: But there was clearly a battle in front of him. That's what you think it is.But you and I see things differently.The captain said: What you see is different from what I see.

He raised a hand, and the scene of wars and smoke around him began to change.The rubble disappeared, trees grew up, one after another, and the muddy ground turned into lush green grass.The gloomy clouds gradually dissipated, like a curtain pulled from the center to both sides, revealing the blue sky.A pale white mist settled over the treetops, and on the horizon a peach-coloured sun, brilliant and bright, reflected the glittering sea around the island.Clean, pure, unspoiled beauty. Eddie looked up at his former officer, and saw that the officer's face was clean and fresh, and the military uniform on his body suddenly became smooth.

With all this in front of him, the team leader raised his arms high: This is what I see. He stood there for a while, enjoying the view. By the way, I don't smoke now.You saw me smoking earlier, you just thought I was still smoking.He giggled: why am I smoking in heaven? He walked away. Hold on, Eddie yells: I have to figure something out.The thing about me dying.Right on that amusement park pier.Did I save that little girl?I feel her hands but I can't remember The captain turned around, and Eddie swallowed the words.Thinking of the fact that the captain died so badly back then, he felt embarrassed to ask again.

I just want to know, that's all.He mumbled a few words. The squad leader scratched the back of his ear and looked at Eddie with a sympathetic expression: I can't tell you, soldier. Eddie's head dropped. Still, someone can tell you. He tossed the helmet and the number plate at Eddie: These are yours. Eddie looked down.Inside the rim of the helmet was a crumpled photograph of a woman that made his heart throb again.He looked up again, and the captain was gone. ◆◆◆ Monday, seven thirty in the morning The next morning after the accident, Dominguez came to the studio early in the morning.He didn't grab a piece of bread with a drink for breakfast as usual.The amusement park was closed, but he still came here and turned on the faucet of the sink.He washed his hands under the running water, thinking that he would wash some parts of the amusement ride equipment later.Then he turned off the tap and dismissed the thought.There was no sound, it seemed to be twice as quiet as it was a minute ago. What's the matter? Willie stood at the door of the studio.He was wearing a green wide-striped tank top and baggy jeans, and was holding a newspaper.Newspaper front page headline: Amusement Park tragedy. I slept very badly.Dominguez said. Um.Willie collapses on a metal stool: I didn't sleep well either. He sat on the stool, turned half a circle, and stared at the newspaper with blank eyes: When do you think they will reopen this place? Dominguez shrugged: Then ask the police. They sat in silence for a while.Dominguez sighed.Willie reached into his overalls pocket for chewing gum.It's Monday.Morning.They were waiting for the old man to come to work and start the day.