Being indefinite of what is the truth is a lot more dangerous than knowing the truth and lying about it. An indefinite truth can anything you can possibly think of whether it is the truth, a lie, or something in between. In war soldiers often shield themselves from the truth and create their own truth without even realizing it. As Tim O’ Brien puts it, “In war you lose your sense of the definite, hence your sense of truth itself, and therefore its safe to say that in a true war story nothing is ever absolutely true.” (O’Brien 82) This shows that it is important to know the truth because if not your mind will make something and convince you that it is really the truth.
In the beginning, O’ Brien says, “In war you lose your sense of the definite…”which
In the beginning, O’ Brien says, “In war you lose your sense of the definite…”which