A true war story cannot be generalized because it has many meanings: love, beauty, horror, and courage. Most war stories, though based on truth, have false parts. True war stories never seem to end, and they can always be applied to a larger meaning of life. Tim O’Brien’s How to Tell a True War Story, for example, can be applied to a larger meaning of life. The first sentence insists the story is …showed first 75 words of 1422 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1422 total…Explicating that line alone can take a page. The world will never be free from war, but all we can do is learn from the battles we have already been. Thank God the majority of us will never have to go to war, because war is death. One never realizes the importance of life until almost dead, so one is never truly alive until the heat of battle when he is the closest to death.