In the third chapter, after Weary and Billy have been ditched, we learn that the two other me have been killed by German soldiers. Eventually,Weary and Billy are made prisoners by the Germans. The Germans take advantage in this and take all the interesting things Weary and Billy have. They take there good boots and make them walk in terrible, used clogs, in the freezing cold temperatures of the Winter in Germany.
Billy is beginning to realise that falling asleep and seeing the future is beginning to cause him trouble. He is beginning to forget how old he is, where he is, and what he is supposed to be doing.
He keeps jumping back in forth in time.
What I enjoyed about this chapter are some of the metaphors such as, "They had teeth like Piano keys." This quote can be found where Billy and other Americans are marching with their hands on there heads, since they have been captured. Even though most Americans are depressed and saddened by the capture, like Weary, Billy keeps smiling and finding things,"Exciting."
Even though Billy sees the future, other people, such as the colonel, are having hallucinations. They are all going through diffrent things mentally. Weary wants to go home and is detesting the pain and blood on his feet.
In the last three chapters we were separated from the writer but by adding himself to this chapter he adds a bit of autobiography and a good story which he tells us in his own words.
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