APO 96225

The irony of this story is insane.  What else is insane in Rottmann's APO 96225 is how much I can actually relate to the story and the parent/child relationship.  Also, being able to tell the time era of the incident helps. We are able to see the time era based on the napalm reference and the monkeys. "You ought to see the funny monkeys"(Rottmann, 846).  After we know the time era, we are able to determine why the mother was so upset.  The public does not generally want to know what is going on.  Vietnam was extremely unpopular and it only makes sense that it was so blunt.  I sensed some weariness and a lack of emotion from the soldier.  It was probably because of the constant war and the lack of national support.  It seems that he gives up in his attempt to inform the people that what is going on over here is awful. Overall, the whole story was an understatement.