Throughout the novel we get to know many different characters. But the two characters that we seem to get to learn about the most are Cacciato and Paul Berlin, the protagonist. One of the most important aspects that we learn about these two are their desires and dreams. While in the police station …show more content…
Sarkin is convincing Paul to give up and, “Live now the dream you have dreamed. See Paris and enjoy it. Be happy. It is possible . The war had held the Spec four back, but now that he had escaped the landscape of Vietnam, he could live a free life. He had to accept consequences whether for good or bad. Earlier in O’ Brien’s book, the men meet Li Van Hgoc who tried to run away as well, but was forced to spend the rest of his life in tunnels beneath the earth. Everything comes with a choice, and that choice “is within reach of a single decision”