Tim O Brien Critical Analysis
Tim O’Brien writes this novel differently than most novels because the characters are telling the story and writing this novel are being honest. It is written about actual events many people experienced who share their personal experiences about living in Vietnam during the war. Throughout the book, Tim O’Brien sneeks in the differences between what is real and what is made up with all the stories told and how people view the war and how it affects everyone. Everyone is affected by the war differently. It was hard to keep track oF what information was accurate and what information was false.
I think Tim O’Brien wanted to write this novel by mixing the truth and the false to get his point across that telling the information of a war story …show more content…
He is also one of the storytellers. Rat likes to add inaccurate information to his stories so they seem the best even if some of his stories aren't true. Tim is the narrator and the protagonist and he still likes Rat because even though his stories are not fully true, he has good medical skills and helps people who need medical attention. O'Brien writes that Lemon’s sister didn’t send a letter back to say thank you for thinking of me. Instead she doesn’t write back and Rat is offended because she was trying to do something nice, but went overboard and made some things up in the letter and it was too inaccurate for her to even want to send her a letter back. Tim O’Brien writes that it is difficult to tell the difference of what actually happened from what false information she added to make her story even more powerful. He adds information to his story that is clearly not credible. Rat doesn't mind adding false information to his stories if people are more interested in them and wants to make them more powerful even though you should always tell the truth when talking about war. The narrative is unreliable because when Tim O'Brien lets the other characters speak he let's them say whatever they want which means the information is not necessarily the truth. The book goes back and forth to first person to one of the characters at a time. It is being told from their
I think Tim O’Brien wanted to write this novel by mixing the truth and the false to get his point across that telling the information of a war story …show more content…
He is also one of the storytellers. Rat likes to add inaccurate information to his stories so they seem the best even if some of his stories aren't true. Tim is the narrator and the protagonist and he still likes Rat because even though his stories are not fully true, he has good medical skills and helps people who need medical attention. O'Brien writes that Lemon’s sister didn’t send a letter back to say thank you for thinking of me. Instead she doesn’t write back and Rat is offended because she was trying to do something nice, but went overboard and made some things up in the letter and it was too inaccurate for her to even want to send her a letter back. Tim O’Brien writes that it is difficult to tell the difference of what actually happened from what false information she added to make her story even more powerful. He adds information to his story that is clearly not credible. Rat doesn't mind adding false information to his stories if people are more interested in them and wants to make them more powerful even though you should always tell the truth when talking about war. The narrative is unreliable because when Tim O'Brien lets the other characters speak he let's them say whatever they want which means the information is not necessarily the truth. The book goes back and forth to first person to one of the characters at a time. It is being told from their