Tim O’Brien begins the story telling the reader that this particular story is true, letting the readers know that there is only one truth, despite their final reflection on the story. Moreover, he proved his point with his friend Bob “Rat” Kiley’s story. Kiley’s story does not have moral behind it; it mostly show how Kiley felt about his close friend Curt Lemon and the anger he felt when …show more content…
The story is both, told from a soldier perspective, but also from a storyteller’s. O’Brien plays with the reader ideas of what is right and wrong in war; he confuses readers by telling Curt Lemon’s death as a lovely story. Indeed, he succeeded when an old woman came and told him that, the story made her sad. O’ Brien was trying to communicate and show people the truth, through his story. Furthermore, it is also clear in the story that sometimes people fail to understand or believe this kind of story because they did not experience them even though the storyteller did an excellent job telling