Vera Brittian Blog 1/23/23
For this week's reading, we saw an account of someone dealing with the extreme grief of a loved one. Vera Brittian lasts her brother during battle and how she deals with that grief is by seeking information from other fellow soldiers about his death. By gaining information over time, she says "I became progressively unable to take in other facts, or to estimate their value". She became numb to the answers she was receiving over time because no answer was bringing Edward back to life. Vera also talks about how she felt that Edward did not know how much she truly loved him which ultimately led to her obsession with how he took his final breath on the battlefield. The guilt she was feeling could not be filled with anything other than having her brother back.
I remember reading the quote that you referenced in this blog and thinking how close and how much she cared about her brother. I think that sometimes when there is a death of a close friend or family member, sometimes putting the blame on yourself is the easiest thing to do when it is hard to come up with answers. This would explain the guilt that Vera was feeling towards the middle and end of the excerpt.
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