Michael's Blog

Have you ever been so tired that you find almost anything funny even if it brings pain upon you? Almost as if you were delirious? I know I have and I think Billy feels the same way when Weary “beats the shit” out of him at the end of chapter two. Billy who is just your ordinary “college” kid and has no idea about survival techniques or anything like that is asked to go into the Second World War basically “blind”. He joins three other men behind enemy lines and has to search days for his Calvary. By the end of the chapter Billy has complained so much that it pisses Weary off so he beats him up. I think Billy finds this funny because he is delirious and how Weary is so mad about the situation. Even though Weary’s story claims that they saved Billy even though he wanted to quit but they didn’t want him to give up. In real life Weary gets tired of everything and wants to kill him. Also, I think that Billy realizes that they are about to be found by the enemy and instead of worrying about getting away from the dogs barking and the search party Weary has one thing set on his mind and that is “beating the shit” out of him.