Listening to the wounded

Tim O'Brien says through the voice of Norman Bowker:

"Sounds pretty wet," his father would've said, pausing briefly. "So what happened?" 

"You really  what to hear about this?"  

"Hey, I'm your father."(136)

We  hear what Norman Bowker would have wanted to hear his father say,what many soldiers would also like to have....some one to listen to them.to hear what they have to say about there experience with war and allow them to have some peace with the world.This monument of Norman Bowker would have been a touching part of the book if anyone was willing to listen or care.