201-048 October 7th‚ 2013 “How to Tell a True War Story” In the short story‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” the implicit problem that is created about the story by its first line‚ “this is true‚” is that the readers may think the line is sarcasm and not believe the information being said. The readers will question if the story is true or not. Throughout the story the narrator says how many war stories are not true so I do not know what to believe. The author‚ Tim O’Brien‚ says that nothing can
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The irony in “How to Tell a True War Story” by Tim O’Brien is that in the first line O’Brien says that “This is true” (340). And goes into the story of his friend Rat writing a letter to the sister of his friend who recently died. Then goes into how to tell a good war story and proceeds to tell his own experience with Rat Kiley and his friend Lemon. But in the end he says “All you can do is tell it one more time‚ patiently‚ adding and subtracting‚ making up a few things to get the real truth” (349)
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“How to tell a true war story”-Character Analysis Tim O’ Brien’s “How to tell a true war story” construes the relationship between the war experiences and the ways of storytelling. O Brien’s story telling as a narrator shows that the storyteller has the power to form his listener’s experiences and opinions. His way of describing situations are unique because his story distorted the reader’s perceptions of beauty and ugliness by making different situation and scenes seem pleasing‚ even though it
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In the short‚ story “How to Tell a True War Story” Tim O’Brien‚ the author‚ confuses the reader with his unique idea on how to tell a real story. Despite the fact‚ that O’Brien was drafted to go to the Vietnam War in 1969 he uses his friends and partners’ stories throughout his war years‚ to tell the world that everything about war is mistaken. Throughout his collection‚ The Thing They Carried (1990) he emphases that fear is what motivate soldiers to go to war. Indeed‚ fear drove him; he went to
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The story by Tim O’Brien shows how the soldiers are themselves and can also be serious. O’Brien also sees how Vietnam changes the soldiers and how they see the world now. There will be people that will ask if it’s true or not true they can asks what happened. There can be different ways to tell a story but they can ask what happen. O’Brien would know which story he really believes. O’Brien will give use by looking at Rat’s point of view‚ and Sanders point of view of Lemon death and how Rat copes
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Vietnam War last from 1964-1975 for America and was it longest war. Throughout those eleven years many stories and letters were written and many more would come long after the wars end. While officially the conflict was considered to be a police action‚ many consider it be just rough and brutal as any other war fought in modern history. The majority of soldiers who did return home came back to an America far different than the one they left behind and were subject to the hatred of anti-war protestors
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Higgins English 132 1 April 2012 “How to Tell a True War Story” O’Briens “How to Tell a True War Story”‚ is a compilation of war stories and some experiences that men have had while away from home‚ at war during a battle. The theme of O’Briens short story is to always look at the positive side of all things that may happen in one’s life. There is a positive side in every single action that takes place in people’s lives. O’Brien tries to explain a war story as best as he can but‚ most believe
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Negative Effects of War In “How to Tell a True War Story‚” Tim O’Brien presents many themes within his story. One major theme is the negative effects of war on a soldier. Many situations arise in the story that bring out the theme to make it easy to understand for the reader. The effects of war can be very harmful to a soldier’s life‚ and he or she can be scarred forever. When Bob Kiley’s friend‚ Curt Lemon‚ dies at the beginning of the story‚ Kiley takes the time to write Lemon’s sister. He
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In the essay‚ “How to Tell a True War Story‚” Tim O’Brien tells several stories of war to illustrate to his readers the criteria for truth in storytelling. O’Brien offers his readers a guide to telling and determining war stories that are true‚ for the author‚ true does not necessarily mean actual or real. Instead‚ O’Brien tells us what a true war story is‚ but his requirements are not always clear precise—a true war story “never seems to end‚” (O’Brien 273) “embarrasses you‚” (270) “are contradictory
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two literary stories I have decided to examine in support of that is “How to Tell a True War Story” (if you have not noticed‚ this is my absolute favorite story we have read but also goes along well with this topic) of the dramatic genre and the genre of poetry in the form of “I Too” by that of the legendary Langston Hughes. These two stories treat the subject of love in different way for the most part but we will get to the similarities when we get there. “How to Tell a True War Story” is a love
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