"The people who first got to the crash scene were young Austrian ski instructors from the famous ski resort below"(156).
Billy is the only survivor from a plane crash, but he is injured. A group of ski instructors arrived on the scene and save his life.
It is nice to see that even in a book about war, people still have kind hearts. It is often hard to see the good in humans, but moments like this help you realize that everyone is capable of good.
Billy is reminded of the guards on the day of the Dresden bombing by a barbershop quartet durring his eighteenth wedding anniversary. He connected the two through the way they both changed from expression to expression.
It seems to me that Billy is suffering from PTSD, which is common for war veterans. i do not believe that the government is doing enough to help those suffering from this condition. Soldiers come back from the war, and then no one is there to help them.
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