... beats Billy, who is in such a state that he can only laugh. Suddenly, Weary realizes that they are being watched by five German soldiers and a police dog. They have been captured. MY COMMENTS: There are a few things in this chapter that come to my attention. First, the main character's name is Billy, ... ward. The narrator reminds us that Valencia and her father are very rich, and Billy will benefit greatly from his marriage to her. After they have sex, Valencia tries to ask Billy questions about the war. She wants a heroic war story, but Billy does not really respond to her. He has a ....

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... by, and Lazzaro tells him that he is going to have the officer killed after the war. The sweetest thing in life, he claims, is revenge. One time Lazzaro fed a dog that had bitten him a steak filled with razor blades and watched it die in torment. Lazzaro reminds Billy of Roland Weary's final wish and advises him not to answer the ... . One of them is a Polish song about coal miners, which makes Billy remember a public hanging he has witnessed in Dresden. At the hanging, a Polish man had been lynched for having sex with a German woman. Billy dozes off and drifts back to a moment in 1944. ...

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• Grade Level: High School