Deer Hunter Assignment

Rating: 9/10 (16 January 2014)

I think that Mike went back to Vietnam for Nick because he couldn't live in the outside world without his best friend. When Mike returned to the United States he hid from his friends who tried to throw him a party. This showed that he may have felt guilty about coming home without Nick. I think that he may have thought that his friends would have been disappointed with him when they found that he came back without Nick. Linda would be especially disappointed because she was in love with Nick. His friends may have even thought that he had an obligation to return with Nick and Steve or not return at all. Another example of Mike possibly feeling guilty is the fact that as soon as he heeded that Steve was alive, he rushed to find him and ask him if he knew anything about Nick. Another reason why he may have wanted to go back is because he saw Nick before leaving in the first place playing Russian roulette with the French Man.