The author of How to Tell a True War Story uses this device to emphasize the depth of war. “War is hell,” O’Brien illustrates, “but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love.” If the author had only written “war is hell,” that sentence’s depth could be lost. Yes, we have all heard war is hell, but because the author elaborated and expressed detail about that statement, the reader could better understand war. When trying to express the overwhelming reality of war, people often embellish the truth in an attempt to convey the feelings, emotions, and heartaches involved in such a rare
The author of How to Tell a True War Story uses this device to emphasize the depth of war. “War is hell,” O’Brien illustrates, “but that’s not the half of it, because war is also mystery and terror and adventure and courage and discovery and holiness and pity and despair and longing and love.” If the author had only written “war is hell,” that sentence’s depth could be lost. Yes, we have all heard war is hell, but because the author elaborated and expressed detail about that statement, the reader could better understand war. When trying to express the overwhelming reality of war, people often embellish the truth in an attempt to convey the feelings, emotions, and heartaches involved in such a rare