ROTC Triumph Summary and Analysis

Knowing that Ben is interested in becoming a psychiatrist, Curtis gives his brother a subscription to Psychology Today as a birthday present. Ben enjoys the articles although admittedly a lot of the content is over his 13-year old understanding. Ben decides to become a psychiatrist since there are so many crazy people in America and maintains that goal until he enters medical school. Like his brother before him, in 10th grade, Ben joins the ROTC and vows to go as far as he can—perhaps to Colonel. Ben does exceedingly well and achieves his goal of reaching on campus Colonel rank. His success in ROTC goes hand in hand with his renewed success in academics. Ben has his brother Curtis to thank for the example he set in his ROTC experience. By the time graduation comes around, Ben...