1) O’Brien says that it is hard to tell a true war story because a true war story is unbelievable. “Sometimes it’s just beyond telling” (p 461), he says in his short story. He then goes on to tell the story of the six men on the listening post who begin to hear weird sounds coming out of the rocks. Most people would not believe this story, which makes it hard to tell because it …showed first 75 words of 431 total…

…showed last 75 words of 431 total…were doing it, and they had no feelings for the animal. They simply wanted to hurt something because they lost their morals from the war. War is also an important word in this story. This story defines war in a way many people have never thought of it before. It shows the truth behind the usual depiction of war. After reading this story, a person will think of the word war in a different way.