Tim O’Brien not only gives off imagery for the horrifying parts but also the times when he saw the beauty in the Vietnam War. The author goes off by explain that war can be horrible but at the same time it can be kind of fun. He quotes that “War is thrilling; war is drudgery. War makes you a man; war makes you dead” (76). Giving off to the reader that war isn’t all bad at some times. O’Brien then gives off examples of the thrilling and fun parts of war. He goes and describes the different events “You crouch in ambush as a cool, impassive moon rises over the night time paddies” (77). He keeps on going stating “metal-fire streaming down from a gunship, the illumination rounds, the white phosphorus, the purply orange glow of napalm, the rockets’
