Many of the soldiers have relationship issues before and after the war. They struggle telling the truth to their family members what happened during the war but they don’t want them to know the truth. For example, “Daddy, tell the truth," Kathleen can say, "did you ever kill anybody?" And I can say, honestly, "Of course not." Or I can say, honestly, "Yes." (Good Form.11)O’Brien struggles telling his daughter the truth. He doesn’t want her to know the truth about war and violence at her young age. The author wants the reader to know the issues a soldier has to deal with when he goes back to civilian life. It’s not easy talking about your actions and choices during a war especially, If he’s not proud of them. The last quote I found was, “....My daughter Kathleen tells me it 's an obsession, that I should write about a little girl who finds a million dollars and spends it all on a Shetland pony. In a way, I guess, she 's right: I should forget it. But the thing about remembering is that you don 't forget….” (Spin.13) This quote proves that even the soldier’s loved ones realize they are still struggling were their past issues. This author states this to show that their past haunt them even to this
Many of the soldiers have relationship issues before and after the war. They struggle telling the truth to their family members what happened during the war but they don’t want them to know the truth. For example, “Daddy, tell the truth," Kathleen can say, "did you ever kill anybody?" And I can say, honestly, "Of course not." Or I can say, honestly, "Yes." (Good Form.11)O’Brien struggles telling his daughter the truth. He doesn’t want her to know the truth about war and violence at her young age. The author wants the reader to know the issues a soldier has to deal with when he goes back to civilian life. It’s not easy talking about your actions and choices during a war especially, If he’s not proud of them. The last quote I found was, “....My daughter Kathleen tells me it 's an obsession, that I should write about a little girl who finds a million dollars and spends it all on a Shetland pony. In a way, I guess, she 's right: I should forget it. But the thing about remembering is that you don 't forget….” (Spin.13) This quote proves that even the soldier’s loved ones realize they are still struggling were their past issues. This author states this to show that their past haunt them even to this