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At the American airport where Bartle waits for his plane back home to Virginia, a bartender shows admiration for Bartle’s participation in the war and utter contempt for the Iraqis. His simplistic vision of the war as a noble fight between good and evil is emblematic of many civilians’ attitudes, largely ignorant of soldiers’ actual experience.
The American Bartender Quotes in The Yellow Birds
The The Yellow Birds quotes below are all either spoken by The American Bartender or refer to The American Bartender. 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 5 Quotes
I didn’t want to smile and say thanks. Didn’t want to pretend I’d done anything except survive.
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The American Bartender Character Timeline in The Yellow Birds
The timeline below shows where the character The American Bartender appears in The Yellow Birds. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Chapter 5: March 2005 – Richmond, Virginia
Bartle drinks a few beers and has a brief chat with the airport bartender , who tells him that he finds it a shame young people like Bartle have...
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