How To Tell A True War Story

This chapter had a lot of beautiful imagery. From the way Curt Lemon death was described to the story Marcus Sanders told Tim O'Brien. I think out of all of the chapters before this one the stories actually had a meaning to them. Which was the point of this chapter to explain the difference between a true story and an over exaggerated one. Tim O'Brien does a great job at giving examples of true war stories and false war stories. The way he deciphers the difference between them are really strong techniques. I think my favorite description was the story of Rat Kiley and the baby buffalo. The story as a whole was a sad story but the way that Tim O'Brien captured the imagery shot by shot to the baby buffalo. While reading it I felt bad for the buffalo just as much as i did for Rat Kiley. I understood the fact that he wanted to buffalo to feel as much pain as he did from losing his best friend but honestly I think The buffalo felt a different kind of pain from Rat. Rat felt a pain that the buffalo may could never feel in its life time but i think Rat wanted someone else to share pain with.