O Brien's Rhetorical Questions

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In his short story, O’Brien employs the use of rhetorical questions. One example of his rhetorical questions is on page 142 where he says “The man who opened that door is the hero of my life. How do I say this without sounding sappy? Blurt it out - the man saved me.” O’Brien was talking about when he first met Elroy, and how Elroy became his savior. He asks the question “How do I say this without sounding sappy?” to prove that he wants to be honest, but not sound too sentimental. Instead of the reader literally answering it, he answers his own question by “blurting out” that Elroy had saved him. There are many rhetorical questions on page 147 in the quote “What would you do? Would you jump? Would you feel pity for yourself? Would you think

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