Billy's and the Bravos weren't the only ones who had things happening to them since the book also would talk plenty about the citizens around them. The story Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk is a story that makes and helps people understand the effects that a war may have and what may happen to the survivors and soldiers after it. Reality and fantasies about this book may be about many different things such as war, actions, love, and thoughts. In my point of view, I believe that the story shows the differences between the citizen’s perspective of war than the perspective of the people that actually have been there such as the soldiers like Billy and the Bravos. It always may indicate the way we talk about war, then how it really is by the way Billy explained since he actually experienced war. In some occasions people see those types of people as soldiers then heroes then tend to see them as celebrities while at the end of the day they treat them as just like any other ordinary person once they get tired of them or when they tend to over the fact that they put their lives as risk for their people and country no matter the consequences that that may have or bring to …show more content…
When he came back, he noticed how different things are there in his hometown and the city compared to the war zone in Iraq. For example, the people in Iraq were cautious and scared about the war as well as the bravos and Billy rather than in the U.S. and Texas to be more exact the people were all happy, calm, and proud that their soldiers came back safely and secured. Another thing that Billy had noticed was that he noticed how famous and popular he had got just by being in the war. For example when it says, “Dam irritating look over at the television and see yourself staring at yourself on the Tube.” (Ben Fountain 273) In the story, when they come back they are given an opportunity to go into the field in halftime to get a recognition for their hard work and actions in Iraq. At that point was when reality really hit him since he used to be just a bad boy at his school and then next thing you know he is on television and being called a “hero” by his fellow citizens. In addition, war changed the viewpoint he had for soldiers and the way he thought about then since they’re the ones risking their lives for people they don't even know and for their country just to not be worth it and to not get appreciated at the end of the day after their little