... of a friend is the example that the author uses to prove his theme of the impossibility of being able to actually express a true war story. By writing many separate narratives and then connecting them with a common theme, O'Brien uses an interesting literary technique to prove his point. It is the many retellings of ... way the sunlight came around him and lifted him up- (460). Then after this first version, the author adds one more explanation of writing war stories, explaining, "it's difficult to separate what happened from what seemed to happen- (460). This clearly emphasizes the co...

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