In Fountain’s novel, Billy walks around the stadium before and during the Cowboy’s football game, many people thank him and call him and his fellow soldiers heroes. Billy, as a very analytical and thoughtful individual, understands that most of these people do not know what exactly they are thanking Billy for. He does not see himself as a hero and is confused as to why others view him as one. All he has done in combat is lived, and he does not see that as enough to qualify him as a hero. Billy’s family and his love interest, Faison, seem to see the war as a success because he made it home alive. Their opinions on the war quickly change when they learn that he is redeploying immediately. Just like real families of American soldiers, they felt the war was worth fighting when it began in 2003, but it reached a point where it mattered more to bring home the men and women fighting and let them return to their
In Fountain’s novel, Billy walks around the stadium before and during the Cowboy’s football game, many people thank him and call him and his fellow soldiers heroes. Billy, as a very analytical and thoughtful individual, understands that most of these people do not know what exactly they are thanking Billy for. He does not see himself as a hero and is confused as to why others view him as one. All he has done in combat is lived, and he does not see that as enough to qualify him as a hero. Billy’s family and his love interest, Faison, seem to see the war as a success because he made it home alive. Their opinions on the war quickly change when they learn that he is redeploying immediately. Just like real families of American soldiers, they felt the war was worth fighting when it began in 2003, but it reached a point where it mattered more to bring home the men and women fighting and let them return to their