The title of this story is the Big V written by William Pelfrey. Henry Winsted was drafted to the Vietnam 3 month’s after high school. When he is in the army he meets he meets a guy that turns out to be his best friend named Fai Bait. The Anachronism is henry’s friend from high school that is the troop leader. Colonel Fetterman is in charged of all the troops that are going to …showed first 75 words of 962 total…

…showed last 75 words of 962 total…in. The point he makes is when he say’s the war is a waste of life and it stinks. The author uses the plot to prove his point to show how you had to keep your eye open for everything around you. The way he expresses it through the characters is that the characters act psycho and scared when they leave. He uses his theme to prove his point by saying war is bad.