John falls insanely in love, desperately wanting Kathy to reciprocate the love. His desire to be loved becomes an obsession and he begun to constantly spy on her. This unlocked more of John’s character because he began to do this for his own satisfaction and pleasure. While John was in Vietnam he wrote to Kathy comparing their love to a pair of snakes that consume each other, “a bizarre circle of appetites that brought the heads closer and closer until one of the men in the Charlie Company used a machete to end it… one plus one equals zero” (p.61). This symbolized the ability that love can consume individuals until there is ultimately nothing left of their individual selves. The only solution to redefine themselves is, separation from one another, which can be symbolized by the machete which separates the
John falls insanely in love, desperately wanting Kathy to reciprocate the love. His desire to be loved becomes an obsession and he begun to constantly spy on her. This unlocked more of John’s character because he began to do this for his own satisfaction and pleasure. While John was in Vietnam he wrote to Kathy comparing their love to a pair of snakes that consume each other, “a bizarre circle of appetites that brought the heads closer and closer until one of the men in the Charlie Company used a machete to end it… one plus one equals zero” (p.61). This symbolized the ability that love can consume individuals until there is ultimately nothing left of their individual selves. The only solution to redefine themselves is, separation from one another, which can be symbolized by the machete which separates the