Uniforms
It's a little-known fact, but soldiers wear uniforms. Okay, yes, you knew that.What's the point of a uniform? A uniform tells you who is friend and who is foe. That's important on a battlefield.But...
Insignias
Probably the two most significant images in this text are the American eagle and the swastika. They show up early and often. What's more, they show up together more often than they show up apart—...
Noth's Blue Vase
There is a muy bizarre moment about halfway through this novel when Campbell visits the Noths for the last time. A group of enslaved women from Russia are emptying out the Noth household and loadin...
Campbell's Trunk
Okay, we're about to get bleak.You may remember Campbell's manuscript trunk. It's where he keeps all of his old papers. He likes to look at it. Actually, what he really likes to do look inside it a...