Finally throughout O’Brien’s story one can see how at times he felt at peace even though he was in a war. O’Brien expressed his feelings of peace by using imagery on certain parts of the story. He starts off near the beginning of the story when he was listening to a story from his friend Mitchell Sanders. He describes the setting around him in a relaxed way. For instance O’Brien says “I remember how peaceful the twilight was. A deep pinkish red spilled out on the river, which moved without sound, and in the morning we would cross the river and march west into the mountains”(68). The author used his imagery here to show the readers that there are instances of harmony and relaxation. By having the reader feel as if they themselves were there
