In pages 13 through 24, the reader gets a keen sense of the feelings Lieutenant Jimmy Cross has for the character Martha.
"He hated himself. He had loved Martha more than his men, and as a consequence Lavender was now dead... (pg 16)."
This passage is a clear indication of the internal conflict Cross was experiencing. His mind should have been looking after his men. Instead, it was reminiscing on the times he had spent with his unrequited love, Martha. The use of this literary tool is necessity. A war story without an internal conflict would essentially be a boring play-by-play. The use of love as the source of the conflict is not only something that would have been very common in the Vietnam War, but is also something any author knows his audience enjoys reading about. This tool is essentially used to increase the reader's interest.
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