I thought it was kind of weird that Dee and Alvis got married. The book paints Alvis as a damaged man who is trying to make sense of all that he has seen in War and later in the book we discover he is an alcoholic. Dee chooses men who are not good for her. First Richard and then Alvis. She should have been a little more careful, especially because Pat was so young and needed stability. I don't think that Alvis treated her as bad as Richard, but he is an emotional mess. The book implies that Dee constantly has to clean up Alvis and his drinking problem.
"It was how she felt now, the sight of Alvis-even Drunk Dr. Alvis, his lecturing alter ego-enough to break her up. She carefully dabbed her eyes,"(Walter 264)
Dee has many problems of her own to deal with and it is too much for her to have to look after another man, especially one she may not love.
"She felt better, but she was still puzzled about why Ron had angered her so much. Was it just because he was a horny prick? Or was there something familiar and cutting in what he's said-the love of your lofe? Maybe not. But it didn't have to be like that did it?"(Walter 268)
Maybe Dee gets swept up by certain men and loses her rationality. I think Dee is a good person, but(at least when she was younger) she didn't value her own long-term happiness enough. Why do you think Dee married Alvis?
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