Rat

"The next morning he shot himself." pg. 212

When I read this I totally thought Rat had just killed himself. I almost put down the book and walked away. How could a funny story telling guy go crazy and end up committing suicide? Well I kept reading and realized he did not kill himself, thank god. Rat had shot himself in the foot. This was a thing scared soldiers did so they could get out of war with an injury. It made me sad the Rat had lost himself so much that he would succumb to shooting his foot.