Terry's dad had experienced a horrible night and saw deaths during the war in Vietnam, since then, he had a Vietnam syndrome. The syndrome made him obsessed with his horrible past, a dark and rotten side of himself. His wife, Terry's mom avoided to talk about her husband sickness and tried to live a normal life like nothing had happened. She didn't want to face with her husband sickness or maybe she thought if she gave herself a chance to heal her husband sickness, she wouldn't stand if her husband suffers and faces any hard challenges and drowned in pain. In the contrary, Terry, was a young boy and eyes full with curiosity, always wanted to know thing that he didn't understand. The way Terry cared and supported his dad was different from the way Terry's mom supported. At first, the way how his dad acted confused him and embarrassed him because Terry didn't know what happedned to his dad during the Vietnam war. Terry felt like he needed to find out what was wrong with his dad and he tried to fix and heal his dad's sickness. Unlike his mom, Terry faced directly to the trouble by asking his teacher, the library and his mom, however, the result was not as satisfied as he wanted so he asked his dad. Once he had knowledge, knowed the reason why his dad suffered for the whole time, he knew some day he would be able to heal his dad and wouldn't feel embarrassed anymore.
What Terry's mom might think is time would heal her husband's sickness. With Terry, he didn't think so and facing the challenge will solve his dad's problem quicker than hide away from it.
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