Roy vs. Louis

When Roy dies, we can see that he never truly changes because he leaves us feeling hopeless about his death. Roy is the same character he was in the beginning of the play and leaves the play in a dark, twisted way by cracking a joke on Ethel. Although Roy's character doesn't develop or change, is there hope for Louis? Can Louis change his selfish, ambivalent, defensive character by the end of the play? Or will he remain abstract leaving the audience hopeless once again?

the angel's message

After reading the passage with the angel, what do you think the message that the angel wants to give to Prior or that the angel wants prior to give to others is?

Now that we're finished with Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, do you feel like you personally have a better understanding of, or insight into the lives of soldiers in the Vietnam War? Have any of your opinions about the war changed? Has O'Brien succeeded in giving his readers better understanding of the war, despite his story's fictional nature?