One purpose of storytelling O’Brien highlights throughout the novel, is the importance of conveying emotion as opposed to the literal truth of a story. Throughout the novel, O’Brien writes many stories that he later claims to be false. For example, he tells a story of seeing a young Vietnamese die on a trail, but follows it by claiming that “even that story is made up” (171). He then follows up this anecdote by stating, “I want you to feel what I felt’ (171). Therefore showing that it is not important…
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