Tim O'Brien

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This paper mainly gives a personal perspective of Tim O'Brien, the author, focusing on his experiences in Vietnam. It discusses the shift in the tone of war writing, its views on combat and the outlook on war. It cites many of O'Brien's works to qualify this point. The paper manages to highlight that war literature is not to view the experiences of war only in historical and personal terms, but also to reflect the entire tension that was going on between the individual and the historical situation.

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"Tim O'Brien was not very happy that American conscience had been able to digest the events of Vietnam very well and the country had got back to a situation of being "normal". On his side, he had gone to the extent of saying that he wished that the country was a little more troubled. When the society in the country is normal, it means that the history has been removed from the public conscience, and also changed human nature where these events will no longer raise public protests. In the stories of war, there are the dreams and lives of individuals, fighting as soldiers, and are not only a set of data. This is important to note. Since the point is only to talk about the event without highlighting the results, is it not more difficult to raise public interest?"

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