Tim O'Briens perspective and statements regarding storytelling and relating to the truth in the things that carried Every day we live our In life we ​​are faced with the opportunity to believe and tell many stories and dramatizations. As a child in Hebrew school you were taught that the world was created in six days and that on the seventh day God rested. In a Christian home you were told about Saint Nick. At a youth level, stories serve to teach something and give hope. As adults we continue to tell stories to ease the pain of a topic or to get us through a difficult time. A mother who has lost a child in a tragic accident will never be told by the doctor that her child died in pain, but the doctor may say that he died peacefully. Tim O'Brien uses storytelling in his book to teach lessons from the war and to make us understand the baggage that he and his peers had to carry. Before the book even begins, there's a page that really helps set the tone. for the book. It also helps the reader understand the following pages better. This book is essentially unlike any other that has been published concerning the "end of the war" or any other incident. Those who have had experiences similar to those of the author will immediately see its veracity, and to all other readers it is lauded as a statement of real things by someone who has experienced them to the fullest. (Prologue by O'Brien) This passage is interesting if the reader knows nothing about the book, at this point the reader may question the passage, what does it mean? If you are one of the few people who read a book completely from cover to cover, the publisher's page states: "This is a work of fiction. Except for a few details concerning the author's life, all incidents, names and characters are imaginary (O' Brien Prologue). You have no idea what will be real or fiction. In the first chapter of The Things They Carried, O'Brien lists everything that every man takes with him to war. but it's so doubtful in your mind as to whether or not Jimmy Cross really carried letters from a girl named Martha or even if a girl named Martha really existed.