Response to Question #2

Rating: 7/10 (16 May 2007)

The personalities of the three men did foreshadow what type of soldiers they would be in Vietnam. Steve was one who seemed to go with the flow, and by simply marrying a woman knowing he was off to war was a sign of weakness. He did it to either experience marriage before he died, or to distract himself from the reality of the situation. Michael is the exact opposite, where he is quite and sets certain expectations for himself and holds true to them, such as killing the deer in one shot. If you can't do it once, don't try. He obviously has the best shot of all the men but respects what he is shooting at the same time. Nicky is right in the middle where he is a little bit immature like Steve, he is willing to learn from Michael. It foreshadows that in rough times, Nicky will have to follow Michael and will do it no matter the cost.