Vitamins Nelson Summary

I understand that you want to say goodbye to your brother on a good memory, but he was mentally ill, and could’ve received help and maybe he could get better. Yes, he will be mentally scarred for everything that he has been through, but he will eventually get better. I don’t believe that Lyman did enough for his brother and that there was no need to separate himself from him.
Due to the effects of the Vietnam War, women would have to go out and look for their own work, in order to be able to put food on the table. Meaning that while the men were out fighting, the women of the house stayed home, forced to become the breadwinners of the household, until they returned. One very common field of work, and the job for the protagonist of the story …show more content…
Actually another problem that had risen from the Vietnam War was the mental states of all returning war soldiers. The Vietnam War has proven to be one of the most deadly and bloodiest wars of all time, leaving a scarring and forever lasting image in all of the soldier’s heads, making them mentally unstable. People such as Nelson, in the short story Vitamins Nelson was a returning Vietnam soldier who had just returned from war, a week when the story takes place. It is proven that there is something wrong with him as Carver writes how he says things such as “Do you want to see an ear I got back from Vietnam, it’s a token that I keep to remember” (Vitamins, page 41) and Nelson continues to go on about how he had cut off the persons ear, and shares more violent stories that normal people wouldn’t want to hear to Patti and Donna. Eventually Nelson continues to make scenes and cause trouble for everyone in the bar, and written by Carver, his friend says to everyone “I’m sorry everyone, he just got back from the war this morning” (Vitamins, page 43), showing that the war has put its effects on people. Due to the Vietnam War, it has not only effected people financially and job securely, but also mentally as