Wounded in War

When Tim O'Brien gets shot the first time, Rat Kiley was there to take care of him. He gets better and there were no complications caused by the bullet. Rat Kiley shoots himself in the foot and is shipped off so Bobby Jorgenson takes over as medic. O'Brien gets shot the second time but is not treated soon enough. There were complications because he almost died from shock. He has to put a special cream on his butt because the wound was infected. He hated Jorgenson because of it. Jorgenson should have been there to help him after he was shot. It was what a medic is supposed to do. O'Brien plans his revenge and he does get Jorgenson back. I do not really think he hated Joregenson though. He was the blame for being shot. O'Brien was mad that it happened to him and he almost died because of it. When bad things happen, many people need something or someone to blame. It helps them feel grounded because they normally blame the cause of the event. People also do not like to blame themselves or admit to any faults so they blame someone else. O'Brien did not want to be in the war let alone be wounded because of it and this fuels his anger. Because of his previous speedy recovery, O'Brien compares Rat and Bobby even though Rat had been there longer and Bobby was new. People always seem to ask "why me?" when bad things happen to them.