Literary Focus: 7. Make Judgements

I think Terry did it for both the right and the wrong reasons. Terry's father had the Vietnam syndrom, but it really wasn't caused from Vietnam. Terry knew that but he didn't know what caused the disease. He was his son, so I think Terry had the right to know about what happened. I know that the father was pained to talk about his past and what had happened during the war, but if Terry doesn't know what happened, he might even leave his father for being embarassed all the time because he didn't understand. So, his father should've told terry sooner so that Terry wouldn't misunderstand what happened to his father and how being in his father's shoes were really hard. It was also wrong because Terry's father didn't want to talk about what happened during the Vietnam war. Since many people died and he was the only one alive, his father might feel guilty and scared because he felt like he was a dead person on the inside. Terry made a mistake by asking his father about it, but also it was a good time because Terry had the right to know but he didn't know how it felt like to be in his father's position.