War By Tim O Brein Analysis

Effects of War Tim O’Brein is an author who often writes about war themed stories. He tries to make people feel and think about war, he himself was a war veteran. He served two years in the Vietnam War, the same war the Private First Class Paul Berlin is fighting in in the story. He makes points about how war can change a person, how war can scar your memories, and about how it can effect everybody. In the story he does not specify that war changes a person but you can tell there are behavioral changes in Paul Berlin. In the story Paul almost changes into different person when he is reminded of how Billy died. “Shut up!” the soldier hissed, but Paul Berlin could not stop giggling, remembering: scared to death” (O’Brein). He seems like his normal reaction would not be to laugh but
Even if you are not directly associated with war stories can make you feel, the way Tim O’Brein writes is designed to make you feel. How veterans are effected by war and how the families are effected by war are things we all have been taught and adding the emotional story to that makes it relatable to everybody. “Will make us feel something that maybe we haven’t felt before in exactly the same way” (O’Brein). There is probably different ways people can infer that statement but I feel that it is saying these are feelings we know but do not really think of that much, but when we read the story it makes you think and you start to feel something that you did not know was there. Tim O’Brein tells more than just three things about war in his stories but in my personal opinion these three are important. The way veterans, and their families are effected are recognized but not as often as they probably should be. Also, the effects of war is something everybody can be emotional about not just people involved as it is a sad thing to some people and when you really think about the harm it can do to people, not only physically, but