The main characters Steve, Mike, and Nick have distinct personalities before they go to Vietnam. Each personality accurately depicts what is to happen when the group goes to war. Steve is a follower, timid and indecisive. From his behavior, we are given the impression that he will be ruined by going to Vietnam. His ultimate outcome is one of physical impairment and psychological destruction. Nick is a sincere and kind before going to Vietnam. He is a people pleaser and because of this attribute,the director shows that people who are concerned about others cannot survive in war. Mike, the character who comes out of the war with the least harm, is the most serious and rule following character before entering Vietnam. His strong and stable personality before the war shows that he is the only character with the qualities to come out of the war and be able to somewhat function as he did before. For the outcomes of the characters to be different, they would have had to have been developed much differently. Each character's outcome was realistic of their personalities and what they believed would happen to themselves so therefore, their outcomes could not have been much different.