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How To Tell a True War Story" by Tim O'Brien and "A Soldier's Home" by Ernest Hemingway, the protagonists live life and tell their stories according to how war has affected them which is demonstrated by the modifications in O'Brien's war stories and the protagonist's social isolation in Hemingway's short story
In both selections, the protagonists have been somehow traumatized by their military service. "How To Tell a True War Story" is O'Brien's personal "recollection" of his experiences during his tour of Vietnam. The short story is divided into a series of vignettes, and how they are modified to become a "true" war story. For example, in one of the anecdotes, Mitchell Sanders elaborates on a listening post that began to hear sounds of music and people coming from rocks and the surrounding nature. However, Sanders admits to O'Brien that his story has been "[exaggerated to] be more appealing," and to give "a clearer view of what the story really meant". While......


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