This new viewpoint on life is provided to him through pivotal moment throughout the novel. Such as, his hope for his medical papers to come and keep him out of this fight, which they never do. This leads him to realize he can’t focus on the protection of his own life, but has to help others so they will help him. As a result of Richie’s medical papers not coming, he witnesses one of his friends on his squad killed by a landmine, and later on in the novel he is shot. These two instances help Richie solve one of his own self conflicts of not being able to put the brutality and gruesomeness of the war into words. He wants to do this so his little brother at home knows what it was like overseas. It wasn’t til after he was shot that he was able to write about it. This shows Richie’s mental maturity by the end of the novel, as a result of his experiences in Vietnam. He come home and has a new view on life, even though nothing changed while he was
This new viewpoint on life is provided to him through pivotal moment throughout the novel. Such as, his hope for his medical papers to come and keep him out of this fight, which they never do. This leads him to realize he can’t focus on the protection of his own life, but has to help others so they will help him. As a result of Richie’s medical papers not coming, he witnesses one of his friends on his squad killed by a landmine, and later on in the novel he is shot. These two instances help Richie solve one of his own self conflicts of not being able to put the brutality and gruesomeness of the war into words. He wants to do this so his little brother at home knows what it was like overseas. It wasn’t til after he was shot that he was able to write about it. This shows Richie’s mental maturity by the end of the novel, as a result of his experiences in Vietnam. He come home and has a new view on life, even though nothing changed while he was