Vietnam Flashback In Tim O'Brien's speech and book he wants people to understand how terrifying and emotional the war can be. He talks about people getting blown up, and dying in fear. One way Tim wants to show how emotional the war can be. “The giggles were caught in his throat, drowning him in his own laughter: Scared to death like Billy Boy.” He says in the book he had to laugh to keep himself from crying. He wanted to show his dad he wasn't emotional in the war. Another thing Tim wants us to know about war is how terrifying it can be. “Though he was afraid, he now knew fear came in many degrees and types, and peculiar categories and he knew his fear now was not so bad[...]” In the book it talks about a soldier named, Billy boy how he
