Tim O Brien's The Things They Carried

All warfare is based on deception. The corrupt talk while our brothers and sons spill there own blood. The bigger the lie the more who be alive it. When a nation cries for vengeance the more the lie spreads, like a wild fire. History is written by the victor our enemies be alive they dictate the course of history. But all it takes is the will of one single man. How can we really know what the truth is? In Tim O'Brien “the things they carried’ what really defines a war story being true? Its never moral, the uncertainty, or is it the horror and honor? The things that happen in war are never moral. War has a dirty bloody, gorier, and violent side to it. Well that’s what war is? "War is nuts war is fun, war is thrilling, and war is drudgery war makes you a
“But the thing about remembering is that you don't forget.” -Tim Obrien, Tim can never forgot the man he killed he constantly retells his traumatic event vivid dark bloody detail. Tim shows a connection to the man he killed. A moment he will forever carry with him...A war story is about re telling the past the heroic events the past the bravery the solders faced during there battles and tragic experiences that show maybe there was a reason we were there. Maybe we really did help them. Even through all the losses you know that you fellow solders did not die in vein the body you share with every one in your squad. Tim O’Brien shows this the way he felt when kert lemon died. Every one Tim saw died he gave them respect on could vividly describe what truly happened “Let the story tell itself.” Stories tell them selves you don’t listen to a story you relive the past. “By telling stories, you objectify your own experiences. You separate it from yourself. You pin down certain truths. You make up others.” in a story and in war there’s all ways some loose ends that have to be taken care