"This is true." (pg.67)
That's enought O'Brien there is no need to lie to me... but wait did this really happen? Tim O'Brien dances around the truth this entire book using harsh words to describe the harsh "realities" of war. But is that the reality? He was in the war so I guess all of these stories are from experiences or at least based on experiences. But why lie or why "make another truth". And when the author states that " you can tell a true war story by its absolute and uncompromising allegiance to obscenity and evil." Is such words true? Can there be no good heart in war. I can not believe that. I choose to believe that some people can act or try to act courageous. It was discouraging but also enlightening. For it is human nauture to become a killer so that one can survive. Maybe that is what O'Brien is trying to describe without having the world really know for a fact all the uncourageous things he had done. One can never truly know i guess...what the "truth" is.
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