Well the book was ok ( Read more... )

In 'spin' when O'brien is talking to his daughter kathleen he says that he writes/wrote war stories to give perspective and understanding and to help bridge the gap bewtween past and future. In spin as well as in 'note' its says that obrien uses his writing as an outlet for emotion. i found it interesting that notes was written in the 1st person. ( Read more... )

maybe i'm wrong...but maybe theres more truth to some of the stories than let on. i think its possible he writes fiction all over the place is so he can feel free to portray what he saw/experienced how he wanted with out someone with a different a perspective contesting it.

Sorry this is late....I kinda haven't been paying attention to school stuff...Opps ( Read more... )

O'Brien say that in war stories the normal believable parts aren't true and the unbelievable parts are true. the importance of the story is whether you believe it or not. War is hell. War is ambiguous ( Read more... )

O'Brien wasn't ashamed that he didn't want to go to war, rather that if he went to war he would be adhering to what he believed in...Which I thought was different. Most are ashamed that they are afraid to go or don't want to go...Another thing that I thought was kinda different was how O'Brien focused on shame rather than bravery. Especially if he ( Read more... )

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I liked the beginning of the book. It was alot different from what I expected. I haven't really read alot of books about war. What I have read about war has been more statistics than personally info and emotional stuff. I think that it was a good way to start off the book by listing object various soldiers carried because it gives you an insight to ( Read more... )

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