Part 1: What We Learned:
第十二章 异地恋
John回到德国履行兵役，一对恋人分隔两地。
他们通过电话书信以解相思之苦，但是从他们各自的日常和发展来看，他们真实生活的差异已日益遥远，Savannah已经开始读研了，John在严寒中忍受着“毫无意义”又过时的演习。
我记得起初John是不看好战友们在军役中谈恋爱或者组建家庭的，他也见证过太多的分分合合，直到他遇到Savannah无法自制地投入进去……那么他和Savannah会成为例外吗？他们真的能坚守彼此的诺言在一起吗？一年可以，更长的日子之后呢？
Part 2: Q&A
1. Did John tell anyone about the story with Savannah?
John told Tony about the story with Savannah.
2. How often did Savannah send John letters? And what did she say in these letters?
Savannah’s letters arrived every ten days or so, she mostly said about casual and chatty things in these letters, and she saved the truth of her feelings until the very end.
3. How did John spend his Christmas?
He had to stay in Germany in case the Russians got it in their heads that they were still mortal enemies.
4. Was there any change in the letters from John’s Dad?
His letters were two or three times longer than the page, and the additional pages were exclusively about coins.
5. How was John’s experience of maneuvers in February? Why did John call it “pointless”?
He thought the whole experience was just about the most ridiculous and idiotic thing the army ever made him do. He thought that maybe their time would have been better spent learning modern war tactics or, at the very least, tuned in to the Weather Channel. But all of things in maneuvers were miserable.
