There were a lot of changes in Perry and Peewee’s personalities and outlook on life throughout the book. A year in Vietnam really changed them and how they saw the war.
In the beginning of the book they joined the army because they wanted to get out of where they lived, or just wanted to get treated fairly. Both Perry and Peewee were a bit naïve and pretty much fearless. Throughout their year in Vietnam though, they learned they could not be fearless, and they had to be scared sometimes or they would probabl