Speaking of Courage

This chapter is very different from the rest of the book. This book is in third person while the rest of the book is in first person. Most people probably oversee this idea but it actually has a bigger meaning than it looks. This book is mostly about Norman is returning from the war with all these medals and awards but he doesn’t even care about them. He struggles with keeping a job and overall everything is harder when he gets back from the war. I think the author did this point of view because it gives the reader a view of what others feel like when looking at Norman. Norman hides all of his thoughts and emotions which resulted in suicide and people could have stopped it but he didn’t want to speak up about his problems. This was a smart decision for O’Brien to do this because it made the story better for the reader. Seeing things from a different perspective can make an impact on the story. Norman didn’t see a purpose in living and was probably suffering from PTSD but he didn’t do anything about it to fix it. This relates to todays world because lots of people struggle from PTSD and keep it to themselves and don’t try and get help. We need to do something about this because people are suffering and dying from this because doctors and family oversee this problem and they just hide it.