Immaturity, by definition, is emotionally undeveloped; juvenile; childish. When taking the term “younger” into consideration, certain people may come up with different ages where they believe someone is allowed to be immature. Others argue men are the most immature of the bunch, and men may never fully mature, whether out of love for a person they claim as not mature, ever, or out of hate, or disrespect. Since draft men were more commonly in their late teens, they dealt with the horror and tragedy that is war, through immature actions. The first example, and the first story chronologically, would be the story Spin. This story starts out with a soldier being horrifically exploded and dying, but instead O’Brien describes the scene through his perception as being beautiful and peaceful, but then the focus of the story changes and focuses on the “playful things” that Lt. Jimmy Cross’ platoon often acted out, since these soldiers were almost all about 18 to 20 years old, which basically means these soldiers were trying to find their own childish fun in the center of an environment with hostility, …show more content…
The baby buffalo not making a sound makes Rat Kiley even more of a torturer, and a monster for terrorizing little, helpless, cute animals. The summary of the point of view trying to be made is soldiers, who dealt with the stress and horror of war often unleashed their feelings by hurting other people or animals, or doing things, that seem very childish, but it helps them personally to deal with all of their problems, whether it’s problems from back home, or problems they face every day through the