Speaking of Courage

This was one of the more moving chapters in this book for me. The main character is Norman Bowker. He is traveling around a lake in his home town thinking about how everyone is going on with their lives yet he can't get over the fact that he wasn't couragouse enough to save his friends life in Vietnam. No one is there to listen to Norman and his troubles torment him. I think this kind of relates to the book The Sun Also Rises. Jake and his friends fought a war and are scard from it. It effects their choices in life and the way they view the world yet they hardly speak of it to those around them they avoid the problem as much as possible. the same goes for Norman he has suffered and is scard yet everyone moves on around him and avoids the problem. The sun also rises and life moves on even if you are tormented by what happened in the past.