The captain from the Criminal Investigation Division proves insensitive to Bartle’s current psychological state and condescending of any form of mental or physical weakness. According to Bartle, his cynicism about Bartle’s trial, which he knows does not necessarily defend the truth, reflects the army’s self-interested attitude, more concerned with protecting its own reputation than tending to individual soldiers’ needs.
Captain Anderson Quotes in The Yellow Birds
The The Yellow Birds quotes below are all either spoken by Captain Anderson or refer to Captain Anderson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Chapter 9
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It probably wouldn’t matter what our level of culpability was. I was guilty of something, that much was certain, that much I could feel on a cellular level.
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Captain Anderson Quotes in The Yellow Birds
The The Yellow Birds quotes below are all either spoken by Captain Anderson or refer to Captain Anderson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 9
Quotes
It probably wouldn’t matter what our level of culpability was. I was guilty of something, that much was certain, that much I could feel on a cellular level.
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