Tim O Brien Rhetorical Analysis Essay

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In this chapter Tim O’Brien effectively explores the conflict between society's perception of war versus a true war story. O'Brien challenges society's perception of war as a glorified piece of art, and those who go off to war are men with great morals, true brave-hearts, to lay their life on the line to protect their family and friends from the enemy, however he labels their perception instead a great misconception. According to Tim O'Brien, a true war story does not contain glory, morals, or the divine truth because "A true war story is never moral. it does not instruct, nor encourage virtue, nor suggest models of proper human behavior, nor restrain men from doing the things men have always done" (The Things They Carried 68). Tim O'Brien effectively manipulates narrative structure in order to appeal to our emotions. O'Brien gives us the twisted truth in order for us to realize the ultimate truth about war; and once we are conscious of the ultimate truth we can begin to fully understand why morals do not exist in true war stories. O'Brien makes us realize that we need to remove the rose colored glasses we wear so that we can realize, that we can not generalize the truth that war has an "uncompromising allegiance …show more content…

in the novel so far we are given countless examples of young men wishing that they were home holding their family, lovers, and children close to them. in this chapter we are asked the question what is moral judgement? And do we as a society follow moral judgement or do we follow the

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