Paul has come to admire Cacciato, despite Paul's own decision to risk life and limb to fight the war, and despite the fact that Paul came to Vietnam with a very different perspective on heroism. When he was a child, Paul had a very militaristic rel Continue Reading...
1). The character in the novel/author 'Tim' never believed in the cause of the Vietnam War, and nearly fled to Canada to avoid serving. That decision to servie affected him in an unalterable fashion, and O'Brien's recounts the story of Vietnam to him Continue Reading...
At the same time, the style is expected to give the reader an idea of what is happening, and that too in a more refined version. In his language there are poetic references for the brutality and masculinity of war as feminine features. He has talked Continue Reading...
