Can You Tell a True War Story? Tim O'Brien's short story "How to Tell a True War Story- is his fictional depiction of one of the narrator's experiences in the Vietnam War. ... The first interjection is also important in the story because it begins to express how difficult it is to write a war story by stating, "a true war story is never moral- (459). ... He even states that "in a true war story nothing much is ever very true- (466). ... After many recreations of the same story and many attempts at describing war stories in general, O'Brien has to finally come to t...

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WAR MAY NOT SEEM REAL REAL TO EVERYBODY BECAUSE THE TRUE MEANING OF WAR LIES INSIDE THE EYES OF THE SOLDIERS. "HOW TO TELL A TRUE WAR STORY" BY TIM O'BRIEN SHOWS AN AUTHENTIC VALUE THAT ONLY A TRUE SOLDIER CAN CHERISH AND REMEMBER FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE. ... WAR IS MYSTERY BECAUSE NOT EVERYBODY GETS TO EXPERINCE IT AND NOT STORIES GET TO BE TOLD. ... THE ONLY WAY THIS STORY WAS TOLD WAS THAT SOMEONE, BOB KILEY, WAS ACTUALLY THERE. ... AFTER THE BATTLE COMES TO AN END, YOU WONDER HOW MANLY YOU BAHAVE AND FINALLY YOU EARN THE PEACE YOU ARE LONGING FOR. ...

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How to write a true war story A war story is something that is very rarely told. ... Notice, I said to be able to say you have a war story to tell. There are some war stories that are true, and some that aren't. ... In order to tell or write a true war story, you sort of have to include, or mention all of the things that I've written. A war story can be true, and it can't be true. ...

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To achieve his purpose the author chooses to tell a different story in every chapter, and every story has poses a theme. In some chapters he tells stories about the war and what he saw, who he killed, what others did, in other chapters he tells of things after the war and even before the war. ... A while later he changes the settings back to his hometown where he tells of what left him to the war, he states, "I would go to the war-I would kill and maybe die- because I was embarrassed not to" how he felt sad about going for such an irrational reason. ... Is it true?... I would tell my...

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He tells us very few stories of his time there, and most of them are of times that were pleasant, but most just very ambiguous. ... So I think this story really goes in the internal conflict that maybe all war vets share. I think this story has an interesting way of showing the character's emotions as well, and how they are forced to deal with them, and process the situations they are put into. ... But it's not a mannered simplicity, the kind that after a while devolves into self-parody; it's the oh-so-powerful simplicity of the true" [ CITATION Joh10 l 1033 ]. And I think...

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Something like the story this atrocity needs to be told and by design it is the Medias job to inform the public. ... If the ratings are good when you report on how well the war effort is going then you probably aren't going to go out of your way to tell the American people that we are over in Vietnam killing innocent people. ... While most Americans were lead to believe that they were being shown the true horrors of war, what they were really seeing was a very watered down version of the real story. Neither the media nor the government really wanted the true horrors of war to be shown...

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This is the use of the word in the truest form, but it all depends on how you interpert it. ... Many instances throughout the story they use interviews to tell the story and help move that plot along. ... Here's how one of Robert's nurses viewed him " My opinion was- he was a hero. ... They turn the story into a puzzle and hope you can piece it together and understand the true meaning of it. ... A picture can tell many stories and describe many things about people that you would never guess. ...

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How important is realism in constructing the narrative of Steven Spielberg's Band of Brothers? ... Like any other war/anti war series, it represents the horror and heartbreak of war. ... It's a powerful true-life story of a man who became the saviour of more than one thousand Jews in wartime Poland also used the ideology of brotherhood, banding together to survive. ... It is arguable that realism has a lot to do with narrative - how one tells a story, or rather how one uses the medium of form in order to cause people to construct a story in their head. ... Story tellers don'...

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Tim O"Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story" and Madison Smartt Bell's "Linear Design" show certain similarities along with certain differences in structure. ... Tim O"Brien's piece "How to Tell a True War Story" provides the reader with the knowledge of several different experiences of men and war. ... Bell's "Linear Design," and O"Brien's "How to Tell a True War Story" are similar in several aspects of writing. ... "Linear Design" and "How to Tell a True War Story" also have a few differences in there writing styles. ... "How to Tell a True War Story" by Tim O"Brien ...

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As readers of Kurt Vonnegut's literary masterpiece, "Slaughterhouse Five," we're told that the all the events of the story are true, more or less, and that Vonnegut experienced the Dresden bombings firsthand. ... In Chapter 1, Vonnegut tells us that after the war he and his wife lived in Schenectady, New York, which Billy Pilgrim's "Ilium" seems to be based on. ... During the war Billy pilgrim is captured by the Germans and is held as a prisoner of war in Dresden. ... It is on the planet Tralfamadore that the Tralfamadorians teach Billy about how they see time. ... That everythi...

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He will say that a war story can't be believed, but then will tell a story that will make it seem as though it can be believed. By doing this the reader is left wondering the question of how to tell a true war story. This issue is addressed in the chapter "How to Tell a True War Story." ... I believe that Johnny Got His Gun in fact should be considered a true war story. ... I believe that these books are very closely related in that they both tell a true war story, although it wasn't directly about war....

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You can tell how incredible his life had to be by reading the books that he wrote, specifically the Lord of the Rings novels. In these books Tolkien tells the ultimate story of the quest for good, the epic battle of right and wrong. ... (Tolkien 86) Tolkien was never sure how he invented the word "hobbit." ... As you can tell by these many statements, Tolkien used a wide variety of his vocabulary to help enrich the story and combined mythology to bring them to life. ... Some critics and people think that if all this is true then Frodo could be interpreted as Christ. ...

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Tim O"Brien, the author, shows how the characters go through the adversities of war. ... He was the true audience. ... He explains in the novel that Bowker wants to tell his story to anyone. He thinks of the ways he could tell it to his dad, but he does not know how. ... "How"d you like to hear about the war?" ...

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Lone Survivor is a book based on a true story. The story begins in the year 2005, just a few years after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on New York City. ... The beginning starts off by portraying how torturous and intense the training is for the Navy SEALs. ... According to the book, he was and is a brave and true Navy SEAL. ... Sadly, three of those heroes died in combat serving their country, but one survived to tell the tale. ...

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"How to Tell a True War Story," is an indictment of the war as an honorable pursuit but naturally far from honorable. O'Brien states that "A true war story is never moral. ... This rather lengthy quote is expressing to the reader how a truthful war story could never be moral, because of the unbelievable amount of grave sins that were committed by soldiers in the Vietnam war. ... Furthermore, O'Brien says that no true war story presents a moral without introducing a greater moral. ... One example of a true war story is the "Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong."...

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In Nathan Englander's, "Free Fruit for Young Widows," and Tim O'Brien's, "How to Tell a True War Story," one common theme is trauma. ... In these two stories, Professor Tendler ("Free Fruit for Young Widows") and Rat Kiley ("How to Tell a True War Story"), have both gone through traumatizing experiences and have both had tough times overcoming those moments. ... In Tim O'Brien's, "How to Tell a True War Story," Rat Kiley was a young soldier in a situation no one would wish on their worst enemy. ... How else would a coup...

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Schindlers list tells the story of the holocaust, the story of a victimised people, the Jews, on the brink of annihilation due to the uprising of the Hitler Nazi government in Germany, and their Anti - Semitic policies. ... The development of Oskar Schindler throughout Schindler's List is a truly amazing and inspiring story. ... At the beginning of the war Schindler was a greedy high living war profiteer anxious to profit from the misfortune of the Jews. By the end of the war his attitude to money had completely changed. ... One of the wonders of the story of Oskar Schindler is how such a...

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The Things They Carried by Tim O'Brien showed how the soldiers looked to each other for comfort in the traumatic situations they had to face in the war and used humor as a way to cope. ... In the beginning of this short story, Timhead shoots and kills a 12 year old boy during a firefight. ... I'll tell everyone I did it"(34). ... The Things They Carried showed how the soldiers looked to each other for comfort in the traumatic situations they had to face in the war and used humor as a way to cope. ... Killens, Joe faces trauma when he has to leave his family behind and uses humor...

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This story shows his passage from being a young coward to a brave man. ... Crane never tells us of his age, appearance, or exactly where he is from. ... Crane points out that he is not a true man yet by referring to Henry as "the youth" throughout the story. ... He is loud, obnoxious, and he doesn't realize how scared he really is. ... The Red Badge of Courage, by Stephen Crane, emphasizes that individuals have different personalities and bases his story upon their diverse approaches to fighting in war. ...

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He experienced two world wars. ... On the whole, the story can be divided into parts. ... The writer does not tell us the name of the character he is talking about. ... "How brave and ferocious Joe DiMaggio is!" ... The old man is worthy of the title "true winner" because "A true winner, should be the perfect combination of self-confidence and steadfastness." ...

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The story focuses on the character of Comfort Servosse. ... One quote from the book that tells the reader of how he felt was "bestowal of equal civil and political rights upon all men, without regard to previous rank and station." ... Tourgee was a fighter for the rights of blacks in the south during reconstruction and it seems that he used this novel to tell the story of the problems and attitudes that faced the reconstruction of the south and the different attitudes of the north as well. The novel is used to tell the story of failed reconstruction plans as well. ... While it still had th...

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Those at war are (or may be) reluctant enemies Who decides whether or not a country declares war on another? ... So there's always a good chance that there are reluctant enemies in war. ... But Daru does several things that prove he wishes this weren't true. ... He tells us, "The first time, I remember, I vomited. ... He was a marvelous cook How the devil could you kill such a friend?" ...

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Although this book is not a biography, or necessarily based on a true story, the events that happen and detailed scenes are something that Erich Remarque had witnessed. ... The reader can easily determine right away that this is not a normal hero story which many outsiders viewed the War to be composed of. ... Remarque does not want the reader to have any doubt that this is obviously a novel made to tell of true and horrific events that described the War. ... Remarque tells of two examples of this. ... It will simply try to tell of a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped...

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This book is based on the true story of Johanna Reiss and her sister who were forced to go into hiding because they were Jewish. ... It tells of little Annie, a ten-year-old child who has to go into hiding during World War II. ... I learned how she felt, and what it's like for a child growing during the Holocaust. ... What makes this book even more amazing is that it's a true story. This is a true story filled with bravery, trust, and courage. ...

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Enraged by the incarceration of his beloved mother, Ned declares war on the authorities and shows he is willing to stand up to them. ... This is one of the more emotional scenes as you get to witness how Ned is feeling after what he had done. ... And obeyed he is, as he tells his stories of being victimized by the Victorian police, bank hostages start to see Kelly In another light, even to the point of the woman being attracted to the outlaws. ... Julia Cook, I felt was an unnecessary character, because a love story didn't need to exist. ... Watching the movie was a moving experience,...

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