On The Rainy River Character Analysis

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In his story “On the Rainy River” Tim O’Brien is explaining to us how he had to chose to either go to war or stay at his home. He had to make a big decision about if he really wanted to go to Vietnam War. Some things that stand out about the main character is that he is a very brave person and will give up his body to do what is right. While reading this I can see that the main character is very powerful and very unafraid of certain things. At the same time he also was afraid of certain things because he does not believe in the war. He doesn’t necessarily believe in the war he really just doesn’t support it at all. Even though he really doesn’t support this he still ends up going because it’s in his religious to do things like that. Another …show more content…

He went to the bow of the boat and cried inside of a boat. It was very loud and very hard. Elroy was still with him so he just remained quiet and just kept fishing. Elroy was very quiet as if there was no one there, as if Tim was just in the boat and nothing around him but water and maybe some trees. I think at this moment Elroy know that going through this process is real. As they return home, Tim drives threw the whole town that he is familiar with and goes through certain forest such as the pine forest and to the prairie. After he passes through everything he wanted he was finally on his way to Vietnam where he would finally be a soldier. During the war he would survive but he says it wasn’t a happy ending because he felt like he was a coward. So my conclusion is that I see why he had second thoughts about going to war. The reason he had second thoughts is because he didn’t want to leave so many love ones and other people that were important to him. If that was me I probably would have second thoughts to because I don’t want to die early or leave everything behind. Tim also has second thoughts because he knows the consequences if he doesn 't go to the war. I feel his pain and what he was going through because this is a big step in life of what he had to go through. Now that he finally went to war I know that his family is most likely proud of what he did even though Tim isn’t proud of himself. During this whole story I know Tim experiences great courage and a whole new part of life. One last thing I think is that Tim might have overcame his fear of certain things and making a decision to overcome

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