Eddie's death caused the plot to change a lot such as the meeting the people he met so far. Eddie would have never known the "Blue man", and never known he was the cause of his death. Eddie would have also never met his captain and hear a recap about the war and his knee got in such bad shape. The plot of the story would have changed if the story did not start with Eddie's death because they wouldn't be able to explain the people Eddie met which so far is the "blue man" and "the captain."
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