Well i thought about it for a while and i came to the conclusion that there really isn't an exact reason for O'brien to write this book. Sure, mabey he wanted to tell the people about the vietnam war, or maybe he wanted to relive it or something. (YEAH RIGHT!!!) But he could have just been writing it because he needed money so he decided to write ( Read more... )

Well, first off I would lioke to thank the copyright page for helping me in a past journal entry. But on to the topic at hand, It wouldn't have changed my view at all of the story. one reason that is, is because Ms. Ptak told us that this book was fiction before we even started the book. But the main reason is because I dont think about weather or ( Read more... )

It tells us that people change when they go to war. BUT OF COURSE the war is going to channge a person! How can it not? I mean, everything people go through just to survive in battle is enogh to change a person. Seeing all those dead bodies, and killing another human being. That gives you a lot to think about. Just thinking that the man you just ( Read more... )

It's kind of hard to tell if and how this is a true war story. I mean O'Brien starts out "How to tell a true war story" with THIS IS TRUE, but the book is fiction. So it's really difficult to tell weather this even is a "True war story ( Read more... )

For O'briens sake there is a lot of shame going on in his life right before the war. He can't seem to decide weather to go to war or to go to Canada and dodge the war. He doesn't want to go against his beliefs of anti-war-ism, but most people think that dodging the war is shameful. Of coarse he does end up fighting in the war, otherwise this book ( Read more... )

vietnam stats

this link will bring you to the vietnam statistics of the vietnamese point of view. it has stats mainly on vietnam veterans.

Just like almost every other reading we have done, i disliked it. He talks about a million and one thigs within a thirty page story. but he did have some good ideas about items and others things that a soldier would carry.