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I rate this story 10/10. I really liked how this story dived into deeper topics than most reading I've done. The talk about things like war, PTSD, mental health, and family relationships were very detailed and I loved how the author portrayed what PTSD can do to a person and to their family.

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I'll definitely remember it. This was a new category of reading I never read before, it dealt with family issues, and mental health.

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I learned that human kind can be really fragile, and some things that mess with our minds mess with our lives. For instance, the PTSD messed up Henry's relationship with Lyman, and it most likely made him not want to live, so in the end he commited suicide.

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The car represents their relationship. Before Henry went to war, the car was all fine and fixed up. This most likely shows that Henry's mentality was all fine. After the war when Henry develops PTSD, Lyman messes the car up, and considering how much Henry cared about the car, it messed up their relationship even more. When Henry fixes the car and he and Lyman drive around and spend time together, their relationship is repaired as well.

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At then end of the story, I think the drugs and both Henry's mental issues were messing with his mind. The alcohol influenced him and he was at his breaking point. At this point in time, he most likely had no reason to go on in life, he felt like he had no purpose after giving the car to Lyman, so he jumped into the river and commited suicide.

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The reason that Henry changed so much was because of the three years he served in the war after being drafted. He developed PTSD after the things he went through and witnessed during the Vietnam war. The PTSD drastically changed his personality and he is no longer joyous and motionless, he's now cold, distant, and can't stand around for more than a few seconds.

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The main conflict of this story was that Lyman is trying to keep his brother Henry's relationship with him together. However, due to Henry dealing with PTSD with serving time in the war, his distant behavior is challenging the bond they had.

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Loving someone that you looked at as the one person you can trust, then expecting them to come back or be the same person as they were beforehand hurts you and changes your relationship.

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The story “The Red Convertible,” is a great story and I would rate it a 5/5. It is full of ups and downs that really make you think about what is happening. The story is about these 2 brothers that have and maintain a very strong connection for each other. This is until Henry went to war and got affected with PTSD. After what happened to Henry, it was impossible to regain that old friendship that they had before the war trauma. They took one last car ride at night and were close like they used to be. Later that night, Henry decided to drown himself in the river. My question is “Did Henry die in war?”

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After reading this story, I will remember the part where Lyman starts to realize how much his relationship with his brother has changed and is not the same due to PTSD.

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I learned how much PTSD can really affect someone and their relationships with people that are close to them. When Henry went to the war, he came back as a completely different person due to this war trauma. Overall, experiencing extreme violence like this can result in terrible side effects that will last you forever.

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I think that the car could possibly represent the brother’s relationship with Lyman. This is because at the beginning of the story, the car is in perfect shape, but after Henry leaves to war Lyman wrecks the car which shows how their relationship was during that time. Once Henry comes back, he fixes the car and the relationship between them also seemed to be fixed. This story mainly represents the relationship between the brothers and how much war can affect someone.

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I believe that in the end of the story Henry decided to go in the river and drown himself due to his PTSD taking over and his other mental health problems he might have had. Henry felt that he had no more purpose in life and decided to commit suicide.

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The reason that Henry Lamartine changed so drastically over the coarse of the story is because he got PTSD from the Vietnam War. This highly affected his personality and how he saw the environment around him.

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The main conflict in this story was Lyman trying to keep his relationship with his brother after he came back from the Vietnam War. He experienced traumatic situations that happened to completely change his personality.

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At the end of the story, when things seem to finally be looking up, Henry jumps into the unsafe stream. I think that this could’ve been influence by the alcohol, but even if it was solely his PTSD that made him jump I think he still died either way.

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Personally, I really enjoyed this story. “The Red Convertible” is about two brothers who feel really connected with each other and have a great relationship. However, Henry (the oldest brother) goes to the army and fights in the Vietnam war. This affected his mental and physical health drastically and his brother notices it. His brother feels that Henry is not him anymore and tries everything to bring the “Old Henry” back. Finally one day both brothers go  to the river and for the first time in years Henry’s brother realizes that his brother’s personality is coming back. That’s when Henry feels really overwhelmed by the situation he was trespassing and decides to go into the river and commit suicide. Honestly, I really liked this story and would recommended.

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The Red Convertible, a story about the relationship of two brothers. They had a lot of fun when they were younger, then Henry went off to war and he changed. There is a lot of thoughts that go through your head as you read the story, especially at the end. You can have a really cool and deep conversations about this short story and the morals taught by it.

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PTSD can be really bad even to those who are fun and youthful.

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I will definitely remember the curiosity. My group had no ideas on the author’s true intention with the story. We brainstormed a ton of interesting ideas. But I think we got too deep and mythical.

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“The Red Convertible” is a story about two brothers who buy a car together. Then one of them is sent to the war and later when he comes back he has PTSD, which eventually leads to him committing suicide. I would recommend this story to others because it’s a good story giving us a glimpse into the lives of people who have experienced traumatic events. Something I’m still wondering is how the rest of the family reacted when they found out Henry had killed himself.

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The story “The Red C convertibl” is a good book about 2 brothers who start to drift apart after one goes to war. Once the older brother comes back he is experiencing ptsd and is acting differently towards his family. I recommend this story if you are able to read a sort of sad story with a deep topic.

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The reason Henry changed so much is because after he came home from being drafted, he had severe PSTD of the things he went through and witnessed during the Vietnam War.

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Their relationship, it was the conflict and the symbolism. The brothers both were greatly affected by the car. And they both valued the car and the memories they made with it. Their relationship was always twinning with the condition of the car.

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I will remember the part where the flowing river somehow makes Lyman get a glimpse of the feelings his brother is feeling. This shows him a little bit what it’s like to feel PTSD. It also gives us an insight into what it’s like to be Henry.

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Well, he gets really drunk then goes into the river to cool off. He freezes while he’s drowning. Lyman doesn’t really do anything but watch and grab the car. He drives the car into the water. So either Lyman gave up on Henry. Or he finally let him go.

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I think I would remember the part where Lyman realizes that the relationship with his brother is not the same, and that he feels that Henry is a different person.

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I’ll probably remember the way that Henry changed after the war, and I’ll remember the change that happened after Henry came back from the war. I’ll remember the way that the relationship of the brothers changed and how it affected layman.

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I will remember that ptsd can have a big impact on how you see life after experiencing something tramadic

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The main conflict of the story is that after returning from the war, Henry has severe PTSD and his behavior is impacting Lyman’s mental health in a negative way, and Lyman will do whatever he can to get the “old Henry” back.

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I think that when Henry goes to the war he experiences ,mental and physical damage as well. The events that he went through impacted him negatively and we can see it in the story.

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When Henry went it war he came back and changes form the experience he faced, and that shows that how we act and live is effected and caused but the experiences we face.

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When Henry went to the war he came back as a different person, it really impacted him negatively, and the events he experienced really affected his personality.

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The events we experience in our lives really affect our personalities.

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In a year from now I will remember when Henry said “my boots are filling” In a calm voice. I will remember this because it caught my attention and shows exactly what he was trying to do.

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I think the red convertible represents a lot of things. I think it represents Henry before the war like how hard he tried to keep it nice, this shows Henry’s hard working mentality before the war. After the war when Henry isn’t doing much and obviously fighting ptsd, Lyman messes up the car with a hammer. this made Henry fix it and take his mind of the ptsd. This shows a lot about Lyman like how bad he wants his brother back and what all he will do to get him back.

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I think the car represents the brother’s relationship, because at the beginning the car is in perfect shape. Then while Henry is gone at the war, nothing happens car and their relationship. Then Lyman wrecks the car like their wrecked relationship. Then Henry fixes the car and for a while their relationship also seems to be fixed in Lymans perspective. Finally, both Henry and the car are drowned.

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The story “The Red Convertible” is about the two brothers who have a really strong connection and are always known to with each other. This is until Henry goes to war and comes back with PTSD. This makes it really hard for the two brothers to connect until one night they drive in the car and have one more final night as the brothers they used to be until Henry drowned. My question is did Henry really come back from war or did he die in war.

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I think it represents the relationship between the brothers through the years, because every time they mentioned it in a different emotional situation.

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I think the red convertible represents the relationship both of the brothers had. When their relationship is damaged, the car is broken as well.

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I would rate this short story a 4/5. I really liked it and I thought it was really interesting. There are a bunch of different ways to interpret the story which makes it fun and interesting to talk about and discuss. I would definitely recommend this short story to people who haven’t read it yet or are reading it again because there are a bunch of different interpretations so it is interesting to look into different ones. One question I still have is if Henry went into the river for the specific purpose of ending his life or if there was a different reason?

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The car symbolizes their relationship. The way Lionel sees it is if his brother is gone the car is gone, so are the memories and the relationship.

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He was young and alive, then went to war. He has trauma from the war and doesn’t know how to deal with it. Mental illness changes a person and Henry had major PTSD. He changed again, like his old self. When they both put in effort to fix their relationship, they both change.

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The car can be represented as the the brothers relationship and how it changes and develops throughout the story.

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I think that in the end of the story Henry was really affected by his PTSD and other mental health problems he might have had. When he feels he had no purpose on this life anymore he goes into the river and drowns.

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I would recommend this story because it’s about two brothers trying to re kindle their relationship with each other. People could learn a lot from this book especially since these are things that actually happen in real life. It could help people work through their thoughts about ptsd

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I believe that at the end of the story Henry was really affected by his PTSD and other mental health problems he might have had. When he feels he had no purpose on this life anymore he goes into the river and drowns.

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The Red Convertible is a good story that teaches about what a war can do to someone. If you want to learn about cause and effect of war you should read this story for its deeper meaning.

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Towards the end of the story Henry loses hit battle to ptsd. He knew what he was doing after he told the brother it was his car again and then jumped in the un safe current of water. When he said “my boots are filling” in a calm voice I knew he lost the battle and was going to give up and take his own life.

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In the end Lyman and Henry are drinking and Henry finally finished the car to give to Lyman and then Henry realized he doesn’t have anything else to live for so then ends up killing himself by jumping into the river.

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PTSD can change a person in many ways and it is important to get help or else it may get worse.

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I will remember the effects of ptsd and what they can do to a person.

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Henry and Lyman got drunk and after Lyman finally accepted the car from Henry, Henry feels like his reasons to live on are over, so he jumps into the river and is content with dying.

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I learnt that ptsd can really ruin relationships if you aren’t patient with it and try to work through it

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Over time the mind can change from events and forces actions you cannot control. You must always get help when you need it as soon as possible

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Experiencing extreme violence can result in hurtful side effects that can last for a lifetime.

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He was joyful and participated in activities with his brother.then came back and changed.. he wasn’t the same he was a new person. That no one recognized.

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“The Red Convertible” was a very goo story. I think that it shows us how the war or being in a army can change us. I would recommend this story to people. One question i had was what them going to Alaska an taking the girl up there had to with the rest of the story.

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That PTSD can really changes a person especially with the relationships they have.

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The relationship between them. It was good then things changed, they both had to put in effort to resolve/ fix their relationship.

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Experiencing violence can change a person in a big way

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Henry Lamartine changes so drastically because of him going to war. When he came back from war he had bad ptsd. This obviously shows how his personality drastically changes through out the story

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The car symbolizes the relationship between the brothers. This is so because the lack of seeing each other causes the car to damage over time. This damage is the same as Lyman and Henry changing and drifting apart.

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I think the car represented the brothers relationship and how it develops and changes throughout the story.

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The convertible could resemble the connection between the two brothers. At the beginning the car was new and perfect like their relationship at that time, after the war the car is more busted just like their connection and after one more fun night as brothers Lyman pushes the car into the lake because they no longer have a connection.

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Henry changed a lot because he probably saw really dramatic things during war, and it affected when he experienced lot of traumatic things.

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I think when the family receives the letter it is written by someone else saying that Henry died and then Lyman is imagining everything about his brother when he came back. Then when Henry goes in the rivers and washes away it is Lyman finally getting closure from his brother by having one good moment with his brother. Then when he pushed the car into the water it was him finally letting go and accepting his grief.

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The Red Convertible was Lymans connection with Henry

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Henry vs lyman. Henry vs himself. It’s Henry vs Lyman when Lyman messed up Henry’s car but in reality Lyman was just trying to help Henry and get him to actually do something and get his brother back. It’s Henry vs himself when we has to fight the upward battle of ptsd from the war and getting him self to be able to do what he used to.

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Henry Lamartine changes so drastically over the course of the story because after the war he had PTSD which obviously affected his personality and way of perceiving the environment around him.

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Henry changes dramatically because he must have experienced something traumatic during war and now developed PTSD, which made him see things differently and act differently.

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I would recommend the red convertible because it is a story about two brothers trying to get back to their good old relationship. This story teaches the importance of how Wars can cause really bad PTSD. Why did Henry kill himself?

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At the end of the story I believe that Henry kills himself because of his ptsd. I think he died because he says “My boots are filling” in a normal voice like he has accepted his death.

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Henry had to go to war and while he was there he probably experienced traumatizing events, which caused him to develop PTSD. This makes Henry quieter and make him act differently from his old self.

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He drowns in the water

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In the beginning of the story Henry was very fun and outgoing, but when he got drafted into the military, he had a lot of ptsd. Once he came back he was always on edge and very jumpy. So there was a big personality change there.

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“The Red Convertible” is a story about two brothers bond between each other. Then one goes to war and comes back with PTSD. The other is forces to help free him of his PTSD and bring back their connection. This is a good short story and would recommend it for anyone looking for a quick read.

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At the beginning of the story Henry was more joyful and loved traveling, but after the war Henry is shown as moody, wants to be alone and can’t sit still

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I think this is a very good story overall, for its size at least. I believe the ending is quite sad but it suits the story and makes it all the more meaningful. However, I thought it was sort of strange how in the beginning they just randomly decided to take a road trip to Alaska to take a girl home. How did the girl get there? If it was such a long trip why did the author make it seem so fast? Also I thought it was a bit weird how the brothers went from punching each other’s faces and wanting to hurt each other to laughing. Also, I think Henry was really drunk and that helps explain why he didn't try to save himself.

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Wars can cause people really bad PTSD and changed their personality.

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Th main conflict is Layman is trying to keep the relationship with his brother, and it’s easy for him because Henry just came back from the war and his personality changed.

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The red convertible is a good story (4.5/5) and is about two brothers. One brother is struggling from PTSD and the other is trying to save him. The car is about the only thing that helps the brother get out of his PTSD’s grasp. The car being dumped into the river symbolizes the brothers passing.

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He changes so drastically because of the war he went into. This gives him ptsd which changes him a lot.

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Henry used to have a bug personality but the war changed him by causing him to have PTSD

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In my opinion “The Red Convertible” is a good story for people who like books with action and kind of scary things like when the guy went to war and came back with PTSD, and i don’t have any questions.

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The main conflict is Lyman trying to preserve and fix his relationship with Henry after he comes back from the war.

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He goes to war and experiences traumatizing things that make life when he comes back so challenging and it was hard for him to keep relationships while still having to deal with his PTSD.

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This story is about brothers and how one of them has ptsd. It’s about how one of the brothers try’s to get the other one to fix a car to help with his ptsd. I would recommend this book to people that like reading about like a brother relationship.

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The main in this story was Lyman trying to keep the relationship with his brother after we came from the Vietnam war and experienced some traumatic situations that changed completely his personality.

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The main conflict is Lyman is trying is trying to keep his relationship with his brother after he comes back from war and is acting a little strange and not like normal.

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Lionel finally gets the closure he needed and wanted. And seeing his brother and the car gone gave him it.

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The main conflict is Henry vs Lyman and Henry vs himself. Even though Henry is not the main character he is the most discussed person in the story. Henry is battling his ptsd and trying to make it through each day. Lyman is also trying to help him so it is both of them vs Henry.

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This story is about two brothers with a very good relationship. When one goes to war it totally changed the person Henry used to be because of ptsd. We learned a ton out of Lyman and how he was trying to save his brother after war, I would totally recommend this short story.

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I will remember the story of two brothers and that Henry drowned.

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“The red convertible” Was a good story that shows us many things like the effects of PTSD and what that can do to family. The story is about the connection of Lyman and his brother Henry who joins the military and when he comes back he changes for the worse. I would definitely recommend this story.

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His PTSD gave him so much depression and so many problems that he didn’t want to face the real world anymore and decided to end his life

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The red convertible represents the connection and relationship of the two brother Lyman and Henry.

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The human mind is complex and hard to rebuild once broken. Even if the damage fades it still is there.

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“The Red Convertible” was a good story about two brothers that shared a connection between each other. The older brother goes to the military and when he returns he has changed. The other brother has to work hard to rebuild the relationship they once had. I would highly recommend this book to everyone.

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I will remember how much PTSD can change someone and how they feel about life.