Things They CarriedAs the main character of the story it is often reviewed how his daydreaming or fantasizing about Martha placed himself and his men endanger. Cross was unable to conduct himself as a leader because his thoughts clouded his mind and judgments. When his troops began to get killed the Cross blamed himself. He carried that burden in his mind as well. He was unable to break away from the emotional power that Martha had over him from a distance. He wanted so much to be truly loved and thought of by her. He carried his things for him and his troops survival and the things he need as a leader. He also carried portraits and gifts from Martha. He mainly carried the love and obsession for Martha. Towards the middle of the story, he began carrying the burden of losing his troops due to lack of leadership. Lieutenant Jimmy Cross was constantly tormented in his duties. The story mainly focuses on his conflicting emotions and the things he carried.
Minor characters were portrayed with small visuals of their insights. It was viewed how they responded to someones death or how they responded to comments made by others. They all looked up to Lt Cross as their leader, completely unaware of the emotional detachment he felt for his duties. Cross wanted to be in the arms of Martha. The other characters packed their necessities to survive and they too carried things of comfort but Lt Cross personal comfort was conflicting with his duties. The minor characters seemed to have been more in tuned with their surroundings. They knew the time difference of knowing when and when not to enjoy their personal comfort, be it physical or in their mind escaping to a different place to ease their thoughts.
HISTORY:
The first issue of the “Battle of the Cliffs of Avalon #2″ was published on May 15, 1986, and “Battle of the Cliffs of Avalon #3″ was first announced in 1986.
During that time, the “Battle of the Cliffs of Avalon” featured some of the original team members of the team, including Capt. Peter Pekoda who would become Captain in the book and Captain Wilt who would have been Captain as well, respectively.
The book was released as part of the Marvel Comics Summer Sale, giving the fans of Captain America, X-Men, Captain Britain and X-Men 2 a chance to buy the hardcover edition of “Battle of the Cliffs of Avalon #1″.
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The events surrounding “Battle of the Cliffs of Avalon”
On July 7, 1987 Captain Newberry and Captain James T. Rogers entered a secret base in northern Victoria, Australia which was under a military siege. The base was surrounded by a group of masked members of their Team X who were going to ambush them. The two teams were fighting each other in the air. One soldier fired his weapon over the air which then exploded, causing heavy damage and killing any other members of the team .
Captain Newberry and Captain Rogers were attacked by a group of masked members of Team X as the ground froze and smoke was seen to fill the air. The masked Captain James T. Rogers, who had been a pilot, was attacked by his captors, and was killed in the process while they shot down two men.
Captain Newberry and Captain Rogers continued with the battle after the military had retreated to the edge of the base, only to have it attacked by members of Team X who had already shot them down.
Captain James T. Rogers, Captain America, X-Men, Avengers, Super Soldiers, and a group of X2 members came into the base and tried to fight the masked group but were killed using just two blows. Meanwhile, Captain Newberry and Captain Rogers were able to battle their way through a group of masked members of the Team X, while they were still in the air, and with only one blow killed.
Meanwhile, in the hangar, two troops were fighting their way through to their base. One of the troops opened fire on a group of masked soldiers, and killed any other member.
Captain James T. Rogers and his Team X arrived in the hangar, and fought the masked team members of them as they landed on the base. The masked Army members could see that the members had been destroyed after the attack.
In late 1987 Newberry contacted Captain James T. Rogers to ask about the team’s whereabouts. (Capt. James’s description of Captain Newberry as a friendly and supportive person in particular) When James T.