Chapter 3: The devastation of war

Throughout chapter three, we are introduced to Billy's life after the war.  Billy did not benefit from the war at all.  Surviving the war would sound like a blessing to me, but Billy sees his survival as a prolonged suffering.  He has trouble sleeping at night because of the war, but he sometimes dozes off while tending to a patient during work.  Only with the help of "Magic Fingers" vibrating blanket can Billy find any comfort or sleep at night.  He shows many signs of post-traumatic stress disorder.  Affected by the horrible trauma in war, Billy begins to weep for no reason almost every day.  The destructiveness of war in the story does not only affect those who die in the actual battles (So it goes.) but the trauma is felt long after the war.