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This 5 page paper explicates Tim O’Brien’s short story The Man I Killed and the methods by which O’Brien uses the story to illustrate the impact of the war on the soldiers and the American people. It also discusses the gulf between the public and the soldiers and their understanding of the war. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. The Man I Killed
Inc. by K. Von Huben 10/2010 Please Introduction The Man I Killed is one of the short stories that comprise Tim
OBriens celebrated collection, The Things They Carried. OBrien was himself a "grunt" in Vietnam, and his view of the war from the foot soldiers perspective, gives his work great authenticity
and impact. It is a far different war than the clean contest reported from the rarified heights of the general officers viewpoint. This paper analyzes the "truths" that OBrien hopes
to convey with regard to the impact of war on both the soldiers who fight it and the people at home. Discussion There is one simple truth that
seems to override all other considerations here: life goes on. The story is gruesome and horrible, but even as the story examines the mans death in detail, it also shows
the reader the beauty of nature, suggesting, in the words of the burial service from the Book of Common Prayer: "In the midst of life we are in death." But
the opposite holds as well: even in the midst of death, there is life. The story is unusual in that it describes a very intimate and shocking moment using third
person limited narration. One of the platoon members, Kiowa, addresses the man who killed the Viet Cong youngster as "Tim," so clearly hes talking to Tim OBrien and the "Tim"
in the story is the killer. But instead of responding in first person, the story continues in third. Heres a sample: "Then after a long empty time he said,
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