Question 4

Rating: 10/10 (20 December 2011)

The reason Mike went back to Vietnam to get Nick was because after the wedding Mike and Nick were talking and he made Mike promise never to leave him in Vietnam. He told Mike he loved Pennsylvania and working at the steel mill factories with all of them. Mike knew he was still alive in Vietnam because he was sending money to Steve while he was at the rehabilitation center. Once Mike arrived in Vietnam he could see that Nick was psychologically destroyed and clearly addicted to heroin. Nick did not begin to realize it was Mike until the very last moment when he showed some recollection by saying "one shot" but unfortunately it was to late as he raised the gun and shot himself in the head.