"The man i killed" (O'Brien 118)

O'Brien does a tremendous job through out the book of giving a laundry list of visual effects that helps the reader with imagery. O'Brien normally tells inner thoughts while narrating his memories and stories, but in this chapter he is silent. All he relates to the reader is the look of the man he killed. He drives the image home by repeating the image over and over again, utilizing well implemented repetition, along with simple yet powerful imagery.

His delivery of this deceased man is a perfect way of showing the simple thoughts in his mind, yet the chaotic storm racing through his head at the same time. He can not express himself, so his mind goes blank. He never says this, but he shows it by saying nothing. "His jaw in his throat, his eye a star-shaped hole. His right cheek sooth and unblemished." (O'Brien 118). These are very simple words, very simple imagery, but because O'Brien uses repetition so well, the repetition really makes this man come alive to someone's mental eye.