Addiction "M"

       Throughout Three Day Road our character Elijah was addicted to Morphine and what all the other soldiers call "M". Morphine ruined Elijah's life to the point where he could not go on without it, it affected everything he did. Right after Xavier kills Elijah he gets hit by a mortar and his leg had to be amputated. With the mourning of Elijah's death it pushes Xavier farther into addicted and the thought that he needs M. Three  Day Road is based of Xavier telling his story and on the end of the third day is his death. He dies after his last shot of M. Morphine ruined everyone's life in this book.