The poem "One, Two, Three" suggests an indecisive tone because Senesh was uncertain as to the time of her death. One line that demonstrates this tone is "<span>Life is a fleeting question mark". By describing life as a question mark, she shows the uncertainty of life. Also the use of the words may and maybe add to the indecisive tone as they are words of possibility rather than certainty. </span>
This exemplifies a Freudian slip.
It refers to something you think unconsciously, and then say it, without realizing what it actually means. So, Asa didn't want to say 'my smother,' but rather 'my mother,' however, he knows that his mom is a difficult person, and thus unconsciously, he said what he didn't mean to say, but rather just thought about it.
<span> "Ambush," O’Brien describes killing a man while serving in war. He had no intention of killing him—he reacted without thinking. O’Brien feels guilty about having killed another human being, even though his fellow soldier tries to soothe him with the logic that the man would have been killed eventually anyway. However, trying to justify having killed someone, O’Brien explains that his training as a soldier prompted him to act involuntarily when he lobbed the grenade upon spotting an enemy soldier. Twenty years later, long after the war has ended, O’Brien is unable to admit to his daughter, Kathleen, that he has killed another person. He feels guilt and denial about having killed a man, and experiences recurrent flashbacks and visions. Through his story, O’Brien conveys that a soldier is a changed person after he has witnessed such a war, and those who have not been in a war cannot begin to understand the emotional turmoil that soldiers go through.</span>
