flashback to age nine, during the hostage crisis
Charlie's childhood memory: the hunting trip
Charlie recalls a hunting trip with his father and his father's friends when he was nine. He overhears them making crude jokes about women and his father threatening to cut off a man's genitals for adultery. The memory includes his father gutting a deer, which makes Charlie vomit, and his father's contempt. This memory surfaces as Charlie reflects on his parents' influence.