Friday, July 9, 2010

Peace?

Where in the story does O'Brien find peace? To be honest it depends on what you consider the "story". Tim O'Brien the character finds peace when he revisits Kiowa's death site. He delivers the shows and immerses himself in the water that plagued him that fateful night some twenty years prior. "And now after two decades I'd mostly worked myself out." (O'Brien 178). By climbing out of the mud he has been able to climb out of his chaotic thoughts and breath in fresh air of peace. he is never able to get rid of his past, as it sticks to him like the much, but he is able to move past it all.
Tim O'Brien the narrator/ author finds peace in the last few pages of the book. He finds his resolution when he tells the reader how he keeps Linda, Kiowa, and the rest alive in his dreams and stories. He has always been plagued by their loss from his life, but through his mind and his book they live on.

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