Comparing O 'Brien's Questions On Enemies And Friends'

Fransisco Payes
Mr.Chamberlin English P8
10/19/17
Enemies and Friends 1. In chapter 6, the agreement Jensen and Strunk made was that if either one of them gets seriously injured, the other will kill him and put him out his misery.
2. Dave Jensen broke his own nose because of the quote “ An Eye for an Eye.” Jensen predicted that Strunk would try to get him back for breaking nose. As of result Dave Jensen broke his own nose. This shows how both Dave and Strunk are willing to take full responsibility for their actions.
3. The main reason Jensen was relieved of “an enormous weight” when he learned that Strunk had died because he didn't want to kill his own friend. They have overcame obstacles with eachother. At the start they were “enemies” and at the end of the day, they became great friends.
How to tell a True War Story and Dentist
1. This story beings with the line “This is true” because he

He is trying to challenger the reader. Many people still believe that the United States won the the Vietnam war. O'Brien is trying to gear them down to reality and express to the reader not everything you hear is the truth.

11. Tim O'Brien says that true war stories cant really be told. The story he told to the women wasnt a “true war story”, but a love story. 12. Curt Lemon wanted his tooth pulled because always tries to play the macho man role and doesnt get scared of anything. While he was on the line to see the dentist, he blacks out. As of result to keep is masculinity intact he demands that his teeth should get pulled.
Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong
1. Tim O'Brien is the main character and the protagonist who after the Vietnam tells his “war stories” to deal with his guilty conscience and his whole perspective about the Vietnam war.
2. “War stories”, aren't really war stories. Tim O'Brien also believes that Kiley's story isnt true because thats what soldiers always do. They change the story to make it seem more realistic and to give more