”Either moms didn’t have the money or she had the money, and we had to get some other stupid thing, like food. When everybody got a bike I dint get one ‘cause there was no way we could get the money for a bike. But anything anybody got in the army, I got” (Myers page 15). Peewee grew up poor so anything other kids got he didn’t because of money problems. So, he joined the army because anything someone else got he got. Peewee meets with Richie Perry on the plane ride to Vietnam. He is later put into Richie Perry’s squad. When Richie first meets Peewee, Peewee is seen as an arrogant, cocky, and sometimes strange person. Since Richie is scared of war, Peewee deals with the fear of war through humor and jokes. This helps Richie also with the fear. As him and Richie become great friends, Richie now knows that Peewee is actually a kind, and loyal man to his squad and him. Helping Richie with the fear of war through humor, made it easier for Richie to fight in missions is seen through the
”Either moms didn’t have the money or she had the money, and we had to get some other stupid thing, like food. When everybody got a bike I dint get one ‘cause there was no way we could get the money for a bike. But anything anybody got in the army, I got” (Myers page 15). Peewee grew up poor so anything other kids got he didn’t because of money problems. So, he joined the army because anything someone else got he got. Peewee meets with Richie Perry on the plane ride to Vietnam. He is later put into Richie Perry’s squad. When Richie first meets Peewee, Peewee is seen as an arrogant, cocky, and sometimes strange person. Since Richie is scared of war, Peewee deals with the fear of war through humor and jokes. This helps Richie also with the fear. As him and Richie become great friends, Richie now knows that Peewee is actually a kind, and loyal man to his squad and him. Helping Richie with the fear of war through humor, made it easier for Richie to fight in missions is seen through the