The Things They Carried: Ghost Soldier

Even though Bobby Jorgenson messed up when O'Brien was shot the second time in the butt, I felt sorry for him. I understand where O'Brien was coming from when he was extremely upset with the medic for taking so long to treat him, but he didn't handle his emotions very well. After all, Jorgenson was inexperienced or "green". He was scared and had no idea how to handle himself. He even admitted that he made mistakes that day that O'Brien was shot. He apologized and tried to ask for forgiveness from O'Brien. I think that guilt alone was enough of a punishment for Jorgenson, but O'Brien hated him so much for what happened that he felt like he had to get his own revenge. In my opinion, scaring a fellow soldier was completely uncalled for. Even Mitchell Sanders told him it was the wrong thing to do, but O'Brien had so much anger towards Jorgenson that no one's opinion really mattered to him. At Least after the prank was finished, I thought it was good that the two men called it even.