"Enemies" by Tim O'Brien Response

Summary:
During a patrol, Dave Jensen accuses Lee Strunk of stealing his jack knife. It escalates to a fist fight that Jensen inevitably wins because of his large size. Jensen ends up breaking Strunk's nose and mercilessly beating on his face. It takes a few men to pull him away from Strunk and Strunk carried away to work on a chopper. When he returns, Jensen becomes nervous that Strunk will try to kill him over the incident. He becomes paranoid that will be shot at any moment until he finally snaps. He breaks his nose in front of Strunks to make the two of them even. Afterword, Strunk calls Jensen crazy, admitting to the rest of his unit that he did steal the jack knife.

Response:
Jensen plight during this chapter is a truly terrifying one. In a war, the only people you should be able to trust should be your comrades. However, when you cannot even trust your fellow soldiers, it becomes even worse. It also very funny because all his suffering was caused by a misunderstanding. Strunk believed that they were even because he did in fact steal Jensen's jack knife. Jensen was worrying for no reason. If he were to confront Strunk about the situation in the first place, instead of breaking his nose like a crazy person, he wouldn't have suffered so much.