Leper has "escaped" from war now when Gene first hears this he automatically assumes "The most logical thing a soldier escapes from is danger, death, the enemy. Since Leper hadn't been overseas the enemy must have been in this country. And the enemies in tis country would be spies. Leper had escaped from spies" (Knowles 140). But once Gene arrives at Lepers house leper tells him "They were going to give me a Section Eight discharge" (Knowles 144). We then find out that this means he is starting to go "psycho". We can then easily tell that in this very short amount of time Leper has made huge changes in the way he acts. Gene's idea of Lepers escape is childish and is unrealistic compared to the truth. This misunderstanding shows the difference between being a boy at devon and being a boy i the war.
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