With the connection of Henry Dobbins to America, we are immediately drawn to him. He's "big and strong, full of good intentions... [and] like this country, too, Dobbins was drawn toward sentimentality" (page 111). In this passage, America is portrayed-through Dobbins- to have a good intention, possibly hinting at their involvement in Vietnam.
I really felt for Dobbins as I pictured him wrapping his girlfriend's stockings around his neck, and later getting dumped by the same girl. Dobbins is said to be "invulnerable. Never wounded, never a scratch" (page 112). We all have a bit of superstition inside us, so when something lucky happens, we credit it to that lucky object. Dobbins is no exception as he credits his luck to the girl he loves back home.
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