| Alfred North Whitehead once said that "There are no whole truths: all truths are half-truths. It is trying to treat them as whole truths that plays the devil". Tim O'Brien, in his novel of life, war, and truth, often tells half truths in his story, adding in own cognizance in order to make a whole story. At times, his novel seems unreal, and at other timesÂ… too real altogether, there are rarely any grays in this style and perception and often readers will be left grasping for a rare lifeline. O...
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