Before the war, Louie was not a big alcoholic, but he did have a drink every once in awhile here and there. Louie went into the war and had seen some pretty gruesome and violent stuff which could lead anyone to drink. After the war had occurred, Louie drove straight to alcohol it became a part of his daily life. He became so obsessed with getting the Bird, i.e., the person who tortured him in prisoners of war (P.O.W.) Camp, out of his mind he started drinking all the time claiming that it brought him ease and comfort. This proves that going to war dramatically affected his mentality because the alcohol can not fix everything. Louie still had nightmares that felt so real that soon everything he was doing in his dream he began doing in real
