That was a war story. It happened in the Vietnamese War and happened to soldiers in the war. But, it is not actually about war. It is a story of change and discovery: that Mary Anne metamorphosed into a savage killer and discovered her desire for bloodshed and killing. It is a story of love: that Mark Fossie brought the girl he planned to marry to Vietnam, only to be by her in order to pursue her darkest dreams. In this way, it is a true war story. From this we can see that a true war story has other topics other than war, which can be of a lot of things. This is a characteristic of a true war story. This lets us to see what war is really about and what the people involved in war really deal with.
What does O’Brien really want to show through this? What does he want to say about Vietnam? He says that a true war story does not have to be true, that it is meaningless, and that it is really not about war. He is trying to show use the meaning of being a soldier, of having been in the Vietnam war. He is attempting to involve the readers in the experience of war. O’Brien is also trying to make sense of his experience and to justify his living when so many others both enemies and U.S soldiers have died. War is life. In conclusion, a true war story is a story of soldiers living a life that has all become normal to them.
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