Perry?s whole ordeal in ?Nam? is mainly focused around the ?firefights? he encounters against the Vietcong (VC) and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA). As he first arrives ?in country?; he can sense this new evil creeping over him. This is when the reader can see the changes begin. Perry is used to military life yet he cannot cope with the sudden death that seems to envelop nearly everyone in an instant. When Jenkins, a boy Perry met on the plane ride over, steps on a mine and is killed on their first patrol Perry is dumb stuck and no longer finds anything joyful about life. Then when

While Perry is ?in country? he fights against himself as well as the Vietnamese people, but the weather and surroundings seem to have the greatest effect on him. Perry describes the grasses he walks through every day as ?a thousand tiny razor blades that give you paper cuts instantly?. He also talks about the rain and it?s never ceasing day or night. This then leads to everything imaginable being wet constantly. The humidity is the next sorrow on the list, which means he can?t ever seem to keep the fungus from growing on his body. These factors all add up to the constant spread of ?countless diseases and twice as many rashes?. Perry a boy from Harlem, New York is not used to everything even the plants trying to inflict pain on him and for this reason, it is hardest for him to remain the same man he entered the country as.

By these examples and steps of Perry?s change, the reader can see the progression into the complete change he experie

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