Steve, Mike, and Nick

Rating: 7/10 (21 December 2006)

Before the trio go to Vietnam, Steve proves to be the naive friend. He does this by marrying a woman who is pregnant with someone else's kid. Nick is a good friend to Mike but is not very strong. He is easily effected by others and their actions. Nick is the strongest of the three friends. He is the only one who thinks about what sort of ramifications will come out of the war. He is always looking out for his other friends. While in Vietnam these roles stay the same. Steve is the weakest and is the first friend to be seriously injured when he falls from the helicopter. Nick looses his trust in Mike and becomes involved with a group of people who play Russian Roulette as a game. Mike proves, once again, that he is the strongest of the three by keeping Steve alive and then going back to try to get Nick. He is also the only one of the three who is able to return to a semi-normal life after the war. I believe that their different approaches towards life serve as an accurate prelude to what eventually happens and I don't believe it could have happened any other way.