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O'Brien said the following: "All I could do was gape at the fact of the young man's body" (134).

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In the book The Things They Carried By Tim O’Brien, he explains his thoughts when faced with the enemy: “I did not hate the young man; I did not see him as the  enemy; I did not ponder issues of morality or politics or military duty” (132).

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O'Brien talks with his daughter: "''You keep writing these war stories,' she said, 'so I guess you must've killed somebody.' It was a difficult moment, but I did what seemed right, which was to say, 'Of course not"' (131).

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O´Brien states, ¨Sometimes I forgive myself, other times i don't.¨(134).

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O"Brien once again states, "His one eye shut, his other eye a huge star-shaped hole" (133).

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O'Brien writes, "'Daddy, tell the truth,' Kathleen can say, 'Did you ever kill anybody?' and I can say honestly, ' Of course not'" (180).

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In trying to convey his internal struggle to face reality, O'Brien recalls a conversation with his daughter in which he writes, "Daddy, tell the truth," Kathleen can say, "did you ever kill anybody?" And I can say, honestly, "Of course not."

Or I can say, honestly, "Yes." (180)

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O'Brien is speaking to his daughter and is expressing the fact he did and didn't kill someone: "And I can say, honestly, 'Of course not.' Or I can say, honestly, 'Yes.'"

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O'Brien justifies his 'story-truth' when he writes, “There were many bodies, real bodies with real faces, but I was young then and I was afraid to look” (180).

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O'Brien shares his story view of writing his war stories compared to what actually happened: "I'm forty-three years old, true, and I'm a writer, now and a long time ago I walked through Quang Ngai Province as a foot soldier. Almost everything else is invented" (179).

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O'Brien says, "But it's not a game. It's a form" (179).

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O´Brien says,¨I was terrified. There were no thoughts about killing¨ when describing his feelings the day he killed someone.  (133)

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Expanding on the idea of speaking two truths, O'Brien writes, "Kathleen can say, 'did you ever kill anybody?' And I can say, honestly, 'Of course not.' Or I can say honestly, 'yes'"(180).

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"But I was present, you see, and my presence was guilt enough". (179)

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"When she was nine, my daughter Kathleen asked if I had ever killed anyone. She knew abut the war; she knew I'd been a solider. "'You keep writing these war stories,"' she said, "'so I guess you must've killed somebody'" (131).

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it confuses me because he could be making up the entire or at least some of the story so far, like what he says on page 131: "It was a difficult moment, but i did what seemed right, which was to say "of course not,"

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I believe that O'brien keeps writing war related stories because that's how he copes with stress and depression . This is his way of facing his fears and past experiences. He responds to his daughters question (so I guess you must've killed somebody" in a hesitant way by stating " It was difficult moment, but I did what seemed right, which was to say, of course not" (p.131)

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O'Brien discusses his impulse emotions and actions after seeing the young man in the distance when he states, "It was entirely automatic. I did not hate the young man; I did not see him as the enemy; I did not ponder issues of morality or politics or military duty," (132).

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Speaking of the man he was forced to killed at war, O'Brien says “Sometimes I forgive myself, other times I don’t”(134).

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O'Brien ties his chapters together by continuing the use of repetition used in previous chapters: "his one eye shut, his other eye a huge star-shaped hole" (133).

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O'Brien explains his thoughts after throwing the grenade by stating, "There were no thoughts about killing. The grenade was to make him go away" (133).

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O' Brien describes his internal conflict when he states, "Even now I haven't finished sorting it out. Sometimes I forgive myself, other times I don't" (132).

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O’Brien makes the audience think and reflect when he says, “I want you to know why story-truth is truer sometimes than happening-truth” (179).

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When talking about his trip to Vietnam and the hardships it brought, O'Brien states, "But I was present, you see, and my presence was guilt enough" (179).

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O'Brien emphasizes the aspect of telling the truth verses keeping secrets when he states, "What stories I can, I guess, make things present" (180).